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Animal-powered Machines: No. 128 (Shire Library) - Softcover

Major, J.Kenneth

 
9780852637104: Animal-powered Machines: No. 128 (Shire Library)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0852637101 ISBN 13: 9780852637104
Publisher: Shire Publications, 2008

Synopsis

This is a book about a little known element in the history of motive power, the animal powered machine. Windmills and watermills survive in most parts of Britain, but animal-powered machines, whether vertical treadwheels or horizontal horse engines, are hardly known, despite the significant contribution they made to the history of mining and agriculture in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. The development of the railways and the availability of coal caused the use of animal power to decline rapidly, but a number of these early machines still survive today. The author identifies the various types of machine, the jobs they performed and how they evolved with the onset of the industrial revolution.

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About the Author

J. Kenneth Major is an architect with a life-long interest in windmills, watermills and animal-powered machines. As the representative for the western Home Counties on the Council for British Archaeology Industrial Monuments Committee, he has been involved in the rescue and restoration of three horse engines. A former Chairman of the Wind and Watermill Section of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, with Hugo Brunner, he wrote ‘Water Raising by Animal Power’, the first comprehensive study of one branch of the subject.

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Publisher
Shire Publications
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0852637101
ISBN 13 
9780852637104
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
32