Animal-powered Machines

J.Kenneth Major

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Shire Publications
20 May 2012

Industrial archaeology

Series: Shire Library

This is a book about a little known element in the history of motive power, the animal powered machine. Windmills and watermills survive in most parts of Britain, but animal-powered machines, whether vertical treadwheels or horizontal horse engines, are hardly known, despite the significant contribution they made to the history of mining and agriculture in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. The development of the railways and the availability of coal caused the use of animal power to decline rapidly, but a number of these early machines still survive today. The author identifies the various types of machine, the jobs they performed and how they evolved with the onset of the industrial revolution.

By: J.Kenneth Major
Imprint: Shire Publications
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: No. 128
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 149mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 91g
ISBN: 9780852637104
ISBN 10: 0852637101
Series: Shire Library
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 20 May 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; Animal-powered machines in historical times; Vertical hoisting machines; Horse engines in the mines; The industrial uses of animal-powered machines; The agricultural horse engine; places to visit; Bibliography.

J. Kenneth Major is an architect with a life-long interest in windmills, watermills and animal-powered machines. A former Chairman of the Wind and Watermill Section of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. As the representative for the western Home Counties on the Council for British Archaeology Industrial Monuments Committee he has been involved in the rescue and restoration of three horse engines, and this led him into the study of that neglected form of prime mover, the animal-powered machine. He had studied these machines in Britain and Europe and, with Hugo Brunner, wrote ‘Water Raising by Animal Power’, which was the first comprehensive study of one branch of the subject. This Shire title was written to draw together the whole range of knowledge concerning this area of industrial archaeology.

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Animal-powered Machines

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