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Re: two questions
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michael perelman <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:27:48 -0800
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Thank you, Mary.  He has water driven mills but not wind.

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:22 AM,  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Michael
>
> On query 2, - I don't guarantee an answer in this, but have you tried:
> Lucas, Adam (2006). Wind, Water, Work: Ancient and Medieval Milling Technology. Brill Publishers
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> Professor Mary S. Morgan
> LSE and University of Amsterdam
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> Subject: [SHOE] two questions
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> First:
>
> Did William Petty have any personal contact with Barbon?  Did he ever
> comment on Barbon's work?
>
> I have never been able to find out anything about this.
>
> Second: [Not exactly history of thought]
>
> I have seen two early mentions about wind-driven saws in England.
>
> In 1671, Robert Boyle mentioned "Timber is sawd by Windmills."  I
> assume he is referring to England.
>
>
> In Schumpeter's  Business Cycles, i, p. 243: "... violence ... made it
> impossible in 1663 to operate the new sawing mills then being erected"
> because of the fear of unemployment.
>
>
> Where can I find information about the use of this technology in England?  I
> had been under the impression that nobody had been able to duplicate this
> Dutch technology at the time.
>
> Thank you.
>
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> Michael Perelman
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA
95929

530 898 5321
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