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Power from wind : a history of windmill technology / Richard L. Hills.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994.Description: 324pISBN:
  • 9780521413985 :
  • 0521413982 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 621.45309
Contents:
Introduction -- The wind -- The horizontal windmill -- The post mill -- Tower and smock mills -- Windmill sails -- Windmills for land drainage -- Windpower in industry -- The demise of the traditional windmill -- The windmill for pumping water and water supply -- Electric power from the wind -- Glossary and bibliography.

"First published 1994. Reprinted with corrections 1996"--Verso t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-309) and index.

Introduction -- The wind -- The horizontal windmill -- The post mill -- Tower and smock mills -- Windmill sails -- Windmills for land drainage -- Windpower in industry -- The demise of the traditional windmill -- The windmill for pumping water and water supply -- Electric power from the wind -- Glossary and bibliography.

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