'A Smock Windmill in Stuart Days', c1934. Artist: Unknown.

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'A Smock Windmill in Stuart Days', c1934. Illustration showing a windmill in the Stuart period (1603-1714). The accompanying text describes how only the topmost section and sails turned to meet the wind, an improvement on the earlier post mill. From The Romance of the Nation, Volume Two, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., London, c1934]

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