History of Corn Milling : vol II : watermills and windmills / Richard Bennett and John Elton

SECTION I. WATERMILLS. CHAPTER I. THE WATERMILL. 1. Origin and designation. 2. Speculative theories of origin. CHAPTER II. THE GREEK MILL (HORIZONTAL TYPE). 1. Of antipater. 2. Of Strabo. 3. Pliny's doubtful mill. 4. Construction. 5. In Medieval Greece. 6. In Syria. 7. In France. CHAPTER III. THE NORSE MILL (HORIZONTAL TYPE). 1. Of Greek type. 2. In Wales. 3. In Ireland. 4. In Isle of Man.. 5. In Scotland. 6. In Norway. 7. In Roumania. 8. In China. 9. Modern efficiency. 10. The Turbine. CHAPTER IV. THE ROMAN MILL (VERTICAL TYPE). 1. Its introduction. 2. Specification by Vitrivius. 3. Its adoption. 4. At Janiculum. 5. Laws affecting. CHAPTER V. COLLEGIUM PISTORUM. 1. Memorial to Antoninus. 2. Laws: A.D. 319-A.D. 417. CHAPTER VI. THE FLOATING WILL. 1. Roman. 2. Medievan. 3. Modern. CHAPTER VII. THE EARLY CONTINENTAL MILL. 1. Salic laws. 2. French miniatures. 3. Bohemian laws. 4. Lombard laws. CHAPTER VIII. INTRODUCTION OF WATERMILLS INTO BRITAIN. 1. Norse. 2. Roman. 3. Mythical Irish. 4. Brehon laws. 5. Welsh laws. 6. Anglo-Saxon laws and charters. CHAPTER IX. DOMESDAY MILLS. 1. The Survey. 2. Of Saxon origin. 3. None in some counties. 4. Re Output. 5. Other than conrmills. 6. Nomenclature. 7. Rentals. 8. Winter mills. 9. Sites. 10. Shares. 11. Hall mills. 12. Town mills. 13. Working millers. 14. Owners. 15. Disputes. 16. Embryo of soke. 17. Royal keepers. 18. De Jure Regalia. 19. Tithe freedom. 20. Quarries. 21. Dover mill. 22. Trumpington mill. 23. Schedule of mills. CHAPTER X. THE MODERN WATERMILL. 1. Causeways. 2. Uniformity of type. 3. Oliver Evans' improvements. 4. Caustic criticism. 5. Decadence. 6. Chesapeake mill. 7. American relics. 8. Naval mills. CHAPTER XI. THE TIDE MILL. 1. Medieval. 2. Modern. SECTION II. WINDMILLS. CHAPTER XII. MYTHS OF ORIGIN. 1. No ancient evidence. 2. Fourth century. 3. Seventh century. 4. Eighth century. 5. Ninth century. 6. Tenth century. 7. Eleventh century. 8. Early twelfth century. 9. Crusaders. CHAPTER XIII. THE EARLIEST RECORD. 1. Various conjetures. 2. Dean Herbert's mill. 3. Rapid adoption. CHAPTER XIV. SOKE OF WINDMILLS. 1. An erroneous view. 2. Ince soke deeds. CHAPTER XV. THE TRIPOD POST MILL. 1. The primitive type. 2. Engraved brass. 3. Fourteenth century drawings. 4. Fifteenth century drawings. 5. Sixteenth century drawings. 6. Specifiaction by Cardanus. 7. Lord Bacon's theories. 8. Erection near watermills. 9. Modern survivals. CHAPTER XVI. REMOVALS OF TRIPOD MILLS. 1. Laws of Oleron. 2. Meaxu Abbey mill. 3. Modern removals. CHAPTER XVII. THE SUNK POST MILL. 1. Birkdale. 2. Aughton. CHAPTER XVIII. T HE TURRET POST MILL. 1. Formby type. 2. Wavertree type. 3. Automatic gear. CHAPTER XIX. POST MILLS IN THE WARS. 1. Cressy. 2. Edge Hill. 3. Latham. 4. Naseby. 5. Evelith. 6. Whiteladies. CHAPTER XX. THE TOWER MILL. 1. A development of the turret. 2. Beam winder. 3. Pulley winder. 4. Automatic winder. 5. Mechanism. 6. Decadence. CHAPTER XXI. "WHO OWNS THE WIND?". 1. Feudal monopoly. 2. Modern freedom. CHAPTER XXII. THE HORIZONTAL WINDMILL. The horizontal windmill.