Still Turning : A History of Aermotor Windmills / Christopher C. Gillis Sr. ; foreword by T. Lindsey Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gillis, Christopher C., author.

Series:

Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; no. 27.

Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; no. 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-power.

Windmills.

Pumping machinery industry--United States.

Pumping machinery industry.

Aermotor Company--History--19th century.

Aermotor Company.

Aermotor Company--History--20th century.

Aermotor Windmill Corporation--History--20th century.

Aermotor Windmill Corporation.

Aermotor Windmill Corporation--History--21st century.

Aermotor Windmill Company--History.

Aermotor Windmill Company.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station, [Texas] : Texas A&M University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Aermotor Windmill Company, which commenced operations in Chicago in 1888, is the nation's sole remaining full-time manufacturer of water-pumping machines. The company's imprint on rural America, particularly across the West, is still visible today in the tens of thousands of its windmills that bring water to the earth's surface. Still Turning is the first book to explore the rise of the American windmill through the experience of this important company. Aermotor founder La Verne Noyes and engineer Thomas Perry developed and perfected the all-metal wind pump in the 1880s. Within a decade, the "mathematical windmill" began to dominate the market. Aermotor continued to expand and innovate. The ruggedness and simplicity of the American mechanical windmill has allowed it to outlast many newer water-pumping technologies over the years with minimal maintenance and oversight. Christopher C. Gillis traces this story and more, from the early days of the company to Aermotor's present-day relevance as it continues to produce its iconic windmills. Still Turning is a significant contribution not only to the history of wind power but also to the history of American enterprise.

Contents:

Raising water

Perry's "mathematical wheel"

Open-gear windmill

Scholes's resolve

New heights

Disillusion

Saving an icon

Experimenters and restorers

Still turning

Appendix. How an Aermotor oil-bath windmill works.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62349-336-6

OCLC:

923337811