1 WATXE*MILLa gfg
2 (ftegrfcok fauMHiBiUy kept m large Mokd hMOpek (like gabions),
3 UphlA ao mipgrted ty woodBii ftBt» idA ^IwtBwd wMi nmcL it ii
4 aisd bepi iB wilmifcMiiliaiTCwoii^ mad » cpi— bdiwdeA iwyu
5 Tin BoowmieaB oABb haipiH id iNrna ; 'Sd i* ikmaM it it ■torad
6 ift 'large gmwrieb •
7 It Ugmnid Into wSXik, ^wntSNtuSk, or lundUuSk.
8 Ik wiAd^Bin i» aot geiMnllj vMd, «ko0pc fai lihe wwtt wtoe *
9 ■taadjr wind ein be relied on BattaatmaiikM iii'tli» ymttAl&mL.
10 Hie rnnur of old winlbmak am te hm mm m -6x east as CkaM m4
11 •
12 niiiMniMj l^it they are certainly not coniam m those countriea ti
13 ftmeekt one niinad windrmill ia m eiistence even en the borders ai
14 DamaoBf where the use of such a machuie is no«r never thou^t e£'
15 Nothing on be ima^^dmore di£^ent from our wind-mill than th*
16 mxti in question ; I have examined a model of one, but have not «
17 sufficiently distinct recollection of it to enable me to deMH&eitfiiUjr*
18 The sails nre enclosed within the building, in which theie is an open*
19 ing to admit the wind. They are square or oblong in shape, are
20 placed upright, and move oa a vertical axis: When in motion, each
21 in succession is brought to the openinfj so as to receive tlic wind,
22 which presses against eacli, as the water iloes against the doat^board
23 of a water-mill. The mill-stone is immediately below the saiia*.
24 which move it without the intervention of machinerv.
25 The water-mills are also exceedingly different trom any that I havo
26 , seen, tliough 1 understand a similar kmd is used in the Shetland isles.
27 The wheel is horizontal, and the feathers are disposed obliquely, so
28 a.s Lo resemble the wheel of a smokc-jack. It is witliin the mill, and
29 immediately below the mill-stone, whicli turns on the same spindle
30 with the wheel. The water is introduced into the mill by a trough,
31 jM> fli to fiU en the wlieeL lliewheelitfldf ianetaifl leobDect right,
32 moie than four feet in diameter. Thia aoft of mill b ttsed all over
33 A%|^uHUUitaun» Penia» and Toofklataun. It ia ako uaed in the
34 noriih c£ lodiaf nnder the Sifeeniiggqr hi]la> lmt» in genflnl»' no
35 wHer-miUa are known in lindia* wheie all grain is groond wilih the
36 hnid.
37 EES
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