International Molinology

Bulletin  of The International Molinological Society

No. 52  July 1996 / summary - résumé

1. Editorial:
   by Yolt IJzermann
        Eventually we have succeeded in catching up with the normal swquence of the publication of International Molinology! I sincerely hope from now onwards wh will be able to produce two issues of IM in the normal sequence of July and December. I am most grateful to all members, especially those who recently joined TIMS, for their patience. For an international society like TIMS, in which it is rather difficult to meet and if so, with low frequency, a bulletin is a vital link between members and the organisation and if, for whatever reason, the bulletin does not appear, it is difficult to understand what is going on.
        One article in this issue was to appear in IM-51 but it was not possible to include it: that of the Windmillers Trade Fair by Lindsay Baker. The event has passed in the meanwhile.
        It was asked by some members that we include not only 'learned' articles in IM but also small news, questions and messages. I would welcome the inclusion of any news item available but I rely on you, our Members, to provide me wiht the necessary information. So please send me whatever you think would be intesting to others and suitable for IM! It does not necessarily have to be original documentation. Also, let me know of new books which have been bublished. If these have a somewhat wider scope than stictly local it would be nice to mention it. In case of doubt please ge in touch wiht me. Please send in a printed text first instead of sending floppy disks right away. If you have interesting material but you do not feel competent in writing correct English, please write to me first so that I can try to find a way to help you in this regard. Members can write to me in either English, German, French or Dutch.
        Together with this issue you will find the most recent Membership list. Many new members are included now and a change of almost all telephone and fax numbers in the Netherlands is also incorporated. Please check your own references and pass any corrections to our Membership Secretary (Mr. Gregory, Dave J., The Windmill, Norwell, NEWARK, Notts NG23 6JN, Great Britain - England, phone: 44-1636-636233, email:....)
        Currently we are working on the next issue in the series of Bibliotheca Molinologica on Greek Windmills. It will be the largest volume so far int this series with almost in size of a book. The author, Louis Blom, finished the text at the of this summer but he technical production of a publication of this size takes a lot of time. I hope it will be possible to finish this publication, which will be mailed free to all members, at the end of this year, but early 1997 may be more realistic.
   
   Original Papers
2. Milling before Industry: Portugal, 18th and 19th century
   by Jorge Augusto Miranda
        This essay refers to the low region of the Tagus estuary in the Portuguese Estremadura. More precisely, to a vast rural hinterland traditionally cultivated to feed Lisabon.  Since 1981 extensive field work has been done in this region.  Initially set up to support the reconstruction of four windmills in Amadora and Sintra (Azóia), this work ended in two windmill charts produced to integrate territorial planning and to support windmill preservation by local authorities (done in partnership with another Portuguese molinologist - João Viegas). 10 pages, pictures, charts and drawings.
   
   
3. Incense Mills in South-West China
   by Alison Lewis

   During a tour of south-west China in September 1995 our party was taken to  Tian He Tang (Heavenly River Pond) near Huaxi, about 20 km  south of Guiyang (Kweiyang) in Guizhou province (26°30'N, 106°55'E). This is an area now being developed as a tourist park, with boat trips into underground caverns, a number of buildings in traditional style, and footpaths laid out for the visitor. We encountered the mills in question quite unexpectedly, and had neither the means nor the time to take measurements. The following description and drawings are therefore based on mental notes and on photographs; the dimensions and proportions are necessarily approximate, but can not be wildly wrong. (3 pages, pictures and drawings)

4. Quite a Different Mill
   by Peter Rüegg, Berlin
        A report about the reconstruciton of the famous "SANSSOUCI    MÜHLE" near Berlin - in Potsdam: The new Sanssouci-Mill. (3 pages and pictures)
   
5. Las 1 Jornadas Nacionales sobre Molinología
   The 1st National Meeting on Molinology (in Spain)
   by Prof. Dr. Javier Goicolea
        The first national meeting on molinology to be held in Spain was convened at Santiago de Compostela between the 22nd and 25th of November 1995. 82 molinologists were present from Spain and Portugal. (1 page report - prepared by Gerallt D. Nash)
   
   
6. North Russian Windmill
   by Yolt IJzerman
   

   Through the kind help of member Mrs. Els de Kinderen, Editor of the Belgian millers' magazine "Levende Molens" (living mills) we obtained from Mr. De Vries of Zaandam, The Netherlands, two photos of a windmill in the province of Karelia, Russia. (2 pages)

7. The International Windmillers' Trade Fair
   by T. Lindsay Baker
        The term, "windmill",  for most North Americans denotes wind engine or windpump, for these machines survive by the tens of thousands througout the continent from Mexico through the United States to Canada. The great majority of these wind machines, designed principally for pumping water, were mass-produced in factories. Today hundreds of individuals and institutions in North America are preserving historic 'windmills' as artifacts from the past, and often they have damaged aor only partial machines with which to work. To find replacements and parts, soon the 'Windmill-Trade-Fair' was invented. One took place at Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada and was visited by the author. ( 2 pages)
   
8. Kregel Windmill Company Papers Find Archival Home
   by T. Lindsay Baker
        In early October 1994, one hundred eleven years of continuous business records from Kregel Windmill Company of Nebraska City, Nebraska, found a permanent new home. They are now preserved and available to researchers in the Nebraska State Historical Society in Lincoln, Nebraska. (3 pages)
   
9. Mill Literature
   Book Reviews  -  15 new books 
   
10. other subjects
    * TIMS NEWS
    * TIMS Transactions #8.
    * some more pictures of Canadian National Windpower Centre
    * Obiturary to Jean Gimpel
    
    This summary of the 56th Bulletin of The International Molinological Society
    has been prepared be Gerald Bost, Berlin. The complete printed version can be
    ordered from TIMS Publication Officer.

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