Practical essays on mill-work and other machinery, mechanical and descriptive /
Buchanan, Robertson,1770-1816.
Miln, John,active 1850-1862,former owner.StEdNL
Miln, Colin,active 1920,former owner.StEdNL
Edinburgh : Printed by Gibson & Sanderson, for J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, no. 59, High Holborn, London,
1814.
Includes a 20 page 'Catalogue of modern books on architecture' by the publisher J. Taylor.
Essay III. On couplings of shafts, &c. -- Essay IV. On disengaging and re-engaging machinery while in motion. -- Essay V. On equalizing the motion of mills (appendix on the velocity of water-wheels. -- Essay VI. On changing the velocity of machinery while in motion. -- Essay VII. On the framing of mill-work.
Manuscript inscription on the front pastedown "John Miln Oct 11th 1850". Manuscript inscriptions on the recto of the front free endpaper "John Miln ... April 26th 1862". Below that in a different hand "Colin Miln Inverway Feb 1st 1920".
Mills and mill-work.
Machinery.
Scotland Edinburgh.