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The Young Mill-Wright and Miller's Guide by Oliver Evans

The Young Mill-Wright and Miller's Guide by Oliver Evans

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The Young Mill-Wright and Miller's Guide by Oliver Evans

ISBN: 1894572904    EAN: 9781894572903
Publisher: Algrove Publishing
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 2004
Physical Info: 1.34 lbs, 392 pages

Writing in an era when many tradesmen had limited education, the author undertakes to teach the reader all that is necessary to build and run water-powered grain mills and saw mills. He starts with physics, including the mechanical advantage of basic tools, the effect of friction, etc., all basics that a mill operator of the day needed. He goes on to deal with the different types of water wheels, the construction of a mill for efficiency and economy, maintenance of millstones, and the dozens of other considerations integral to operating mills. The breadth and depth of material is remarkable. Seldom does a reference book remain a standard for as long a Evans' has, but it remains today (170 years after he wrote it) the standard reference for water-driven mills.

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