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Excerpt from History of Corn Milling, Vol. 2: Watermills and Windmills
Referring to the mills, all power corn mills are shown to be directly derived from the Greek watermill, the simple little machine with horizontal wheel, and devoid of gearing, which, under the designation Norse Mill. Survives in some places to the present day. The invention of the Roman watermill, of larger capacity and greater power, with a vertical wheel driving stones through the intervention of cog gearing.
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Referring to the mills, all power corn mills are shown to be directly derived from the Greek watermill, the simple little machine with horizontal wheel, and devoid of gearing, which, under the designation Norse Mill. Survives in some places to the present day. The invention of the Roman watermill, of larger capacity and greater power, with a vertical wheel driving stones through the intervention of cog gearing.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Richard Bennett
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ISBN - 9781528160421
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Page Count - 360
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ISBN - 9781330796504
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 362
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