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"Downtown (Surrey Docks) windpump"

Note on reverse: "Sailcloth flapping as it approaches & passes base of tower; filled out for rest of rotation. Tower too slender to be cause of this & ground-sail clearance of 2.2m-2.3m in large flat open area cd hardly be cause either".

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

"Surrey Docks windpump"

Note on reverse: "temporarily backwinded, sue (apparently) to erratic, occasional & unpredictable sticking of mill-head, not because tailvane's too small".

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

"Surrey Docks windpump"

Note on reverse: "Sails backwinded with wind at c90° to tailvane, due (apparently) to slight & erratic sticking of cap, which was weathercocking v. freely most of time, even when wind wdn't start sails".

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

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