Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker"

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water-wheel. Windmills are said to have been introduced by the Crusaders, who brought them from the East. Steam power is believed to have been first used in a British flour mill towards the close of the 18th century, when Boulton & Watt installed a steam engine in the Albion Flour Mills in London, erected unde...