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Pocket notebook - 1933 or later

A repurposed pocket diary for October 1933 measuring 6.5 cm x 9 cm containing notes on the mills listed at 'Place access points' below. These include more detailed notes about: the toll board and exterior cleats at Llanddeusant, Anglesey; some drawings under the heading, 'Windmills for the Generation of Electricity, Institute for Research in Agricultural Engineering, University of Oxford'; a reference to 'Parsonage Mill' at Eastbourne 'painted by Hine'; a reference to a book of photos of Eastbourne town hall showing mills in the 1870s and referencing, 'E.L.B. 50 years ago'.

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Note 'per E.L.B' - Couldson Common Mill

Note entitled, 'per E.L.B.' regarding Coulsdon Common Mill as follows: 'Belonged to a man named Brigden who had a post-mill at Sydenham & a smock (hand winded) at Ewell, Surrey. The mill had two [common] sails & two springs or patents, can't say which. As a lad Brigden's man told me that his boss christened her, which might date the mill to the 50's or early 60's. Went over when a lad about 1884, when I think she had only just finished work'.

Windmill uses and limitations

Article from The Times Engineering supplement October 1919 describing thr uses and limitations of windmills.

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Mill sale

Article from Morning Post 19.08.1935 with photo of Patchem Windmill and note that it is for sale

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Burne's mill, Blackheath

With Kent-type cap, derelict fan and stocks. Open-framed and standing on tall wooden pylon which lower down encloses boarded wooden structure. Site appears to be wood or private garden. Caption appears to date photo to 1989 but this doubtful. Same mill as 1111800.

Gregory, Frank William (1917-1998), mill researcher

Faversham Waterworks, New Pumping Mill

Part of the Rex Wailes collection.
An advertising card for Messrs Hill & Son, Ashford.
Mill erected in 1863. Reverse of card contains hand written technical notes from Mr Lancaster Burne about the sails, the gearing, the pump and the standby engine,

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Variable Mill Sail Weather: A Descriptive Sketch (published)

Published typescript, by Stephen Buckland, entitled "Variable Mill Sail Weather: A Descriptive Sketch", includes research material and biographical information on E L Burne.
The paper was published in the Proceedings of the 3rd and 4th Mill Research Conference, by the Mills Research Group in March 1988 and is available in the Mills Archive Library.

Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher

Wind Engine patents

File of wind engine patents noting that bound copies are held in the archive under JKM material

Burne, Edward Lancaster (1869-1946), engineer

Draft letter

Handwritten draft letter to unnamed individual re. generation of electricity by wind power.

Burne, Edward Lancaster (1869-1946), engineer

Airolite Power Set

Page from The Electrical Review dated 04.11.1921 includes short article and drawing of the Airolite Power Set wind engine and dynamo)

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Windmills - a description

Article written by E lancaster Burne which looks to be a proof copy that has been corrected in manuscript. Lacks associated diagrams.

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

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