Windmills

ISBN: 9781577171584

作者: Sally Taylor

出版社: New Line Books

出版年: 2000-10

页数: 80

定价: $ 14.63

装帧: HRD

内容简介

Armchair travelers and globetrotters alike will appreciate these lavishly illustrated, informative volumes which will rekindle old memories and inspire new flights of fancy.Before steam power, windmills, along with waterwheels, were the only means available for drawing water and powering machinery. Their tall towers and billowing sails were a picturesque part the European landscape, and many remain today to remind us of the past. Here, their full history and the story of their survival is presented, along with archival illustrations and modern color photography.