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Title: WATER AND WIND POWER
By: Martin Watts
Format: Paperback

List price: £9.99


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ISBN 10: 0747804184
ISBN 13: 9780747804185
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Pub. date: 25 March, 2000
Pages: 136
Description: From Roman times water power was used to grind grain, raise water, and later to work metals, produce cloth and serve a great number of trades and industries. This book is about these first engines: the technology, the rationales and some of the personalities involved.
Synopsis: Martin Watts traces the use of water and wind power in Britain and Ireland from the earliest times to the present. The author explains how windmills and watermills function and examines some of the uses to which they have been put.'
Illustrations: 102ill.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Shire Publications Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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