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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

Research material on wind engines

Correspondence, notes, drawings and photographs relating to Castle Farm Wind Engine, Newent and Halstead Hall Farm Wind Engine.

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

Correspondence with T Lindsay Baker of Texas

Correspondence between J Kenneth Major and Professor T Lindsay Baker of Texas between 24 April 1977 and 23 July 2008. Includes letters, memos and articles about wind engines in England, Europe and the United States. Items sent by Baker with the correspondence and originals of items sent by Major to Baker will be elsewhere in the J Kenneth Major collection. This file contains sorrespondence between staff at the Mills Archive and T Lindsay Baker regarding the biography of J Kenneth Major. Two letters at the end of the file between T Lindsay Baker and Helen Major relate to J Kenneth Major's final illness in June 2009.

Major, J Kenneth (1928-2009), architect

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

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

Wind Engines

Undated article from The Estate Magazine on wind engines

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

Windmill sails, a Theory of Design

Article in the Times Engineering supplement November 1919 by MAS Riach. Interesting discussion on the advances in screw propelor design under wartime pressures and their application to windmills.

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

Our Old Windmills

Article from The Lady 26.02.1942 with interesting descriptions of windmills in general. Includes photo of West Blatchingham Mill

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

Early pumping machinery

Article from English Mechanics 10.03.1933 including a wind-driven scoopwheel

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

A home-made windmill

Article dated 18.08.1939 from English Mechanics describing the windmill made by a reader to generate electricity.

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

Windmills of High Efficiency

Article in English Mechanics 26.07.1929 describing the Kumme Systgem Power Plants that are based on windtunnel test results.

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

Electric Power from the Wind

Article from Six Hundred Magazine by WE Warrilow AMIEE reprinted from Distribution of Electricity.
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Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Sack Hoists

Undated typescript article (page 26 of a longer one) on Sack Hoists, possiblu by Rex Wailes

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

Aerodynamo

Article printed in the Electrical Review 30.01.1925 on a new type of wind motor. Author AJV Underwood MSc AMIChem E

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

Wind Velocity

Undated wind velocity diagram in relation to trains

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

Saving Europe's Windmills

Article Morning Post 18.04.1929 on saving windmills of Europe. Includes 8 mill photographs.

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

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