Archive Catalogue

"Scantlings & Dimensions of Engines, with the prices for building the same by Mr. Grundy"

REXW-WIN-01-29-007
Item
18th century

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Grundy

"Dimensions and Scantlings of a 22 Feet Post Engine (Vizt)"

REXW-WIN-01-29-004
Item
18th century

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Unknown author

"An Estimate of an Engine"

REXW-WIN-01-29-002
Item
18th century

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Unknown author

"Account of Engin by Harrison Engin Maker at Spalding"

REXW-WIN-01-29-005
Item
18th century

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Harrisson, Thomas, engineer, Spalding

"Dimensions and Scantlings of a 26 Feet Post Engine"

REXW-WIN-01-29-006
Item
18th century

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Harrisson, Thomas, engineer, Spalding

Photo of a 1710 map of Clerkenwell, London showing a windmill at the New River Pool

REXW-IMG-05-270
Item
1710 (copy)

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

"From Crace [?]. A later edition of Morgan's Map c 1710".

Unknown photographer

Plate on Finnish Mills H & J

REXW-FIN-526
File
1730 - 1972

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

1 portrait of Adolf Erik Geete (Swedish Soldier) & 4 drawings of mills

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

Adolf Erik Geete, Swedish Soldier

REXW-FIN-526-04
Item
1730 - 1795

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Image from the National Museum of Finland, Helsinki.
His notebook contains architectural drawings of mills, found in 'REXW-FIN-526'.

Geete, A

Mills of Finland

REXW-FIN
Series
1730-1972

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

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

18th century documents re. Medlam Fen

REXW-WIN-01-29
File
1756 - 1757

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Receipts from the Banks family 1757 and Scheme for draining Medlam 1756.

"A Scheme and Estimate for Draining Medlam"

REXW-WIN-01-29-001
Item
15 May 1756

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Grundy, John

"Receipts from Bros & Sisters for the purchase Money of [?Feb Mannor]"

REXW-WIN-01-29-003
Item
1757

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Banks family

Engraving of a windmill (3/8) by Prevost for Diderot's Encyclopédie

REXW-IMG-03-262
Item
1762 (copy)

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Original title, "Agriculture Economie Rustique, Moulin à Vent". On the reverse Rex Wailes has listed the parts which are lettered L, M, N and O on the drawing as "les ailes". RW notes that these originals can be copied.

Prévost, Benoît-Louis (1747-1804), engraver

Structural drawing of a windmill interior (5/8) for Diderot's Encyclopédie

REXW-IMG-03-264
Item
1762 (copy)

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Original title reads, "OEconomie Rustique, Moulin a exprimer l'Huile des Graines". Rex Wailes' note on the reverse reads, "From Diderot's Encyclopaedia, 1762" and then lists the labelled parts A to H in French, " A. & B. l'arbre fournant, C. le rouet. D. rouet horizontal, D./F. l'arbre vertical, E. la lanterne, G. un rouet, H. le gross arbre horizontal".

Unknown artist

Structural drawing of a windmill interior (6/8) for Diderot's Encyclopédie

REXW-IMG-03-265
Item
1762 (copy)

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

A second/cleaner copy of REXW-IMG-03-263, title, "Agriculture Economie Rustique, Moulin à Vent". Rex Wailes' note on the reverse reads, "From Diderot's Encyclopedia, original can be copied".

Unknown artist

Structural drawing of a windmill interior (7/8) for Diderot's Encyclopédie

REXW-IMG-03-266
Item
1762 (copy)

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

A third version of REXW-IMG-03-263, title, "Agriculture Economie Rustique, Moulin à Vent".

Unknown artist

Structural drawing of a windmill (1/8) by Prevost for Diderot's Encyclopédie

REXW-IMG-03-260
Item
1762 (copy)

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Original title, "Agriculture Economie Rustique, Moulin à Vent". On the reverse Rex Wailes has listed various English technical terms and given their meaning in French, "Teeth = aluchon, Neck irons = allumelles de fer, bearings = collets, wedges = clés, pins [(....)] = juseaux, [.....], bedstone = gissante".

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

Structural drawing of a windmill (2/8) by Prevost for Diderot's Encyclopédie

REXW-IMG-03-261
Item
1762 (copy)

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Original title, "Agriculture Economie Rustique, Moulin à Vent". On the reverse Rex Wailes has listed the 87 parts enumerated on the drawing and applied the French terms to several of them. For example, "65. le frein, 73. l'auget".

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