- REXW-NOT-055
- File
- 1920s to 1960s
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Collection of undated research notes on:
- an analysis of Suffolk post mills (72 pages);
- winding gear (15 pages);
- Robertson's windmill, Virginia (17 pages);
- Cranbrook mill (11 pages);
- a draft paper on the development of windmills, bearing similarity to sections of Wailes' 'Windmills in England' (published 1948) as well as a section on horse gear (24 pages);
- drawings/tracings of mill mechanisms, particularly bell alarms and sack hoists (3 pages);
- Suffolk windmills begining with 'W' listed at 'Place access points' below (3 cards);
Also a bundle of loose notes mostly focusing on Suffolk mills, some being undated, those that are ranging in date from 6 October 1928 to 29 April 1932.