With over 400 mills in England and Wales being open to the public Yorke had many models to draw and photograph for this lovely, lucid explication of the power transmission from water and wind and the machinery operated. The myriad illustrations detail grain milling, cloth fulling, grinding, drilling, rolling and pumping of air and water. To the mechanically inclined and the historian of technology, a charming little book. Includes sites to visit. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)