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A Picture of Sir William Cubitt's Patent Sails

An image of Sir William Cubitt's Patent Sails

  
This drawing was done by Sir William showing his patent design for shuttered windmill sails which went on to replace the old canvas sails on windmills, the first mill to be fitted with them was at Stalham in Norfolk . Born in Norfolk he was the son of a miller, but went on to be an engineer of great ability.

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Year Created

1954

 

Genre

Book illustration

 

Subject Year/Age

Hanover

 

Picture Keywords

Rural and Countryside - Watermills and Windmills

Light Industry - Windmill

 

 

This drawing was done by Sir William showing his patent design for shuttered windmill sails which went on to replace the old canvas sails on windmills, the first mill to be fitted with them was at Stalham in Norfolk . Born in Norfolk he was the son of a miller, but went on to be an engineer of great ability.

  
 

 

A large book illustration image dated around 1954 of Sir William Cubitt's Patent Sails, This drawing was done by Sir William showing his patent design for shuttered windmill sails which went on to replace the old canvas sails on windmills, the first mill to be fitted with them was at Stalham in Norfolk . Born in Norfolk he was the son of a miller, but went on to be an engineer of great ability. in Stalham, UK., from a collection of the British National Image Library