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Our Mission
Fostering worldwide interest and understanding
- f wind, water, and animal-driven mills
To encourage research, and promote all aspects
- f molinology including the restoration of mills
About TIMS Our Mission Fostering worldwide interest and - - PDF document
About TIMS Our Mission Fostering worldwide interest and - - PDF document
About TIMS Our Mission Fostering worldwide interest and understanding of wind, water, and animal-driven mills To encourage research, and promote all aspects of molinology including the restoration of mills www.molinology.org 2
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Our History
1965 1st Symposium on Molinology initiated by
- Dr. João Miguel dos Santos Simões.
Molinology as term introduced and defined.
1973 TIMS founded as a non-profit
- rganisation with cultural and scientific aims
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Definition of Molinology
Molinology is the study of mills and other mechanical devices which use the energy of moving water or wind, or the strength
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animal
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human muscle to power machines for such purposes as hammering, grinding, pumping, sawing, pressing or fulling. More particularly, molinology aims to retain the knowledge
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those traditional engines which have been rendered obsolete by modern technical and economic trends.
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Our Activities
Symposium every 4 years Midterm Excursion every 4 years Our Publications:
„International Molinology“ twice a year „Bibliotheca Molinologica“ every 2-3 years
TIMS Website TIMS E-News by e-mail twice a year
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Our Symposia
14th 2015 Romania 13th 2011 Denmark 12th 2007 Netherlands 11th 2004 Portugal 10th 2000 USA 9th 1997 Hungary 8th 1993 Wales 7th 1989 Germany 6th 1985 Belgium 5th 1982 France 4th 1977 England 3rd 1973 Netherlands 2nd 1969 Denmark 1st 1965 Portugal
Our Symposia allow to
meet fellow-molinologists from
around the world
present papers on molinological
topics
visit interesting mills
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Our Midterm Excursions
2013 Greece 2009 Czech Republic 2006 South France 2005 North Switzerland & the Black Forest 2003 Baltic States 1999 Germany 1995 Sweden & Finland 1992 New England (USA)
An opportunity to
see the best mills a country has
to offer
get access to mills normally
closed to the public
meet fellow-molinologists from
around the world
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„International Molinology“
Issued twice a year IM contains:
Original papers Book reviews Communications TIMS news items
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„Bibliotheca Molinologica“
Issued every 2-3 years So far 20 titles
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Our Website
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Issued by e-mail twice a
year
Sent to over a 1000 mill
friends worldwide
Contains:
Mill news Infos on new books TIMS news YOUR mill news !! And so on . . . .
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Interested? Why not join?
Be part of an active international community
- f mill friends, aimed at the study of mills