Major Sail Components: early sketch of sail whip
- DLPC-01-Fig-1.5
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- 2014
Part of David L Pearce Collection
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Major Sail Components: early sketch of sail whip
Part of David L Pearce Collection
Montefiore mill, details of laminated timbers required for the construction of new sails
Part of Vincent Pargeter Collection
"William Hazledine of Shrewsbury's mill sail and whip"
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
A reprint of "On Mills" by Thomas Telford and E Lancaster Burne in the Transactions of the Newcomen Society XVII is available in the Mills Archive Library.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
Cutting mortices in whip for sails of Pitstone Windmill
Part of James Venn Collection
Note on envelope reads "Pitstone, Bucks. J. Hawkins cutting the mortices in one of the new whips for the sails on Pitstone Windmill in his workshop at Pitstone Green Farm. S. H. Freese May 1964."
Freese, Stanley (1902-1972), town planner and artist
Morticing whip for Pitstone Windmill
Part of James Venn Collection
Note on envelope reads "Windmill at Pitstone, Bucks. J Hawkins morticing one of the new whips in his workshop at Pitstone Green Farm. S. H. Freese, May 1964."
Freese, Stanley (1902-1972), town planner and artist
Research notebook for 'The Windmills of Suffolk'
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Research notes on post mills (running front-to-back) and tower mills (running from back-to-front).
Post mills: topics covered include the machinery and construction methods/styles listed in 'Subject access points' below, with Suffolk examples given of each type. A list of Suffolk millwrights and Suffolk milling colloquialisms is included as well as a list of dates and inscriptions on Suffolk mills. Possible diagrams and illustrations are listed, with reference, 'to T.B.H. for drawings' [Thomas Hennell?]. Suggested photographs are listed (referencing the relevant photographer, where necessary). Sources used include 'H.O.'s notes' and 'Kenney's notes'.
Tower mills: the content includes notes on differing building materials (with Suffolk examples), giving the largest and smallest examples of each type. As with the post mills, examples of varying construction types of caps, sails and mechanisms are noted and a further list of Suffolk millwrights features, together with a list of dates/inscriptions. Tower mills with auxiliary power are also listed. A table of smock and tower mills in Suffolk, comparing their operational state (e.g. 'working', 'derelict', 'gone') in 1926 and 1939 also features.
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
A partially filled "Self-measuring Pocket Book" featuring drawings, measurements and calculations under the following headings: Windshafts, Proportions of Whip, Centre Box, Boss, Sweeps, Bars, Star, Fan, Fan Gearing, Towers, H.Power and Battery.
Burne, Edward Lancaster (1869-1946), engineer