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Pages from a loose-leaf notebook - 1926 to 1929

Assorted brief 'aide memoire' and more detailed notes on a variety of milling matters including: notes taken from books/papers and maps (e.g. 'Dynamics of Windmills' - J.A. Griffiths, the 'English Encyclopedia', 1802, Merian's 'View of London', 1638 and 'The Miller, 1900 and 1916); lists of milling journals, articles, reports and academic papers (including electricity generation); more detailed notes and drawings on the mills listed at 'Place access points' below; a June 1926 typed packing and kit list for a trip to Suffolk and expenses incurred; mileage and logbooks for a trip in June 1928 and again for Wailes' Easter trip to Anglesey in 1929; notes taken from a visit to the Sussex Archives Collection including an account of the relocation of an entire Brighton windmill in 1797; a list of Lancashire mills in working order; and an anecdote about an interaction between a miller and the King of Prussia.

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

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

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

Patents

Copies of letters patent:

  • United States of America, No. 1,534,026, 21 April 1925, "Charging Secondary Batteries".
  • France, No's 33830, 33831, 33832, 12 Dec 1924, "Improvements in or relating to charging secondary batteries; Improvements in or relating to windmills; Means for regulating the speed of windmotors".
  • Denmark, No. 33,644, 29 August 1924, "Improvements in Wind Mills".
  • Union of South Africa, No. 1220/22, 29 December 1922, "Improvements in or relating to Wind Mills".
  • Italy, No's 54/639, 215,708, 11 December 1922, "Improvements relating to Wind Mills".
  • Great Britain, No. 194,805, 20 December 1921, "Improvements in or relating to Wind Mills".
  • Great Britain, No. 201,950, 16 February 1922, "Improvements in or relating to Charging Secondary Batteries".
  • United States of America, No. 1,403,069, 10 January 1922, "Means for Regulating the Speed of Wind Motors".
  • Australian Commonwealth, No. 3588/21, 16 September 1921, "Improvements in or relating to Means for Regulating the Speed of Windmotors".
  • India, No. 7431/21, 15 September 1921, "Improvements in or relating to Means for Regulating the Speed of Windmotors".
  • Great Britain, No. 165542, 31 March 1920, "Means for regulating the speed of wind motors".

Burne, Edward Lancaster (1869-1946), engineer

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

Letters from A W Tiffin

"List of Sussex windmill negatives of Mr. E. Lancaster Burne's from which prints have been taken," prepared by A W Tiffin and H E S Simmons. Letter from Donald Muggeridge and letters from Tiffin re. a file of windmill notes of Burne's lent to Muggeridge.

Burne, Edward Lancaster (1869-1946), engineer

Correspondence re. purchasing watermills

Correspondence with the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and J Danek re. purchasing watermills and converting them to generate electricity.

Burne, Edward Lancaster (1869-1946), engineer

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