The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded tower, usually with six or eight sides, on top of which is a roof or cap, which can rotate to bring the sails into the wind. A Fantail is a little windmill mounted at Right angles to the sails at the rear of the Windmill, and which turns the cap automatically to bring it into the wind Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west A windmill is a machine that is powered by the energy of the wind This type of windmill got its name from its supposed resemblance to the smock worn by farmers in earlier days. A smock-frock or smock is an outer garment worn by rural workers in England and Wales from at least the early Eighteenth century. A farmer is a person who raises living organisms for food or raw materials
Smock mills differ from tower mills in that the latter were usually cylindrical rather than hexagonal or octagonal, and built from brick, stone or masonry instead of timber. Heckington Windmill 01JPG|thumb|right|180px| Heckington Windmill ]]Schiedam molen De Noord The majority of smock mills are octagonal in plan, with a lesser number hexagonal in plan, such as Killick's Mill, Meopham. Regular octagons A regular octagon is an octagon whose sides are all the same length and whose internal angles are all the same size Regular hexagon The internal Angles of a regular hexagon (one where all sides and all angles are equal are all 120 ° and the hexagon has 720 degrees Killick's Mill is a Grade II* listed Smock mill in Meopham, Kent, England that was built in 1801 and which has been restored A very small number of smock mills were decagonal on dodecagonal in plan, an example of the latter being at Wicken, Cambridgeshire. Construction A regular decagon is Constructible with a Compass and straightedge. Regular dodecagon It usually refers to a regular dodecagon having all sides of equal length and all angles equal to 150°
Smock mills exist in Western Europe and particularly in England, where they were common, particularly in the county of Kent, where the tallest surviving smock mill in the United Kingdom can be found. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format Union mill is a Grade I listed smock mill in Cranbrook, Kent, England which has been restored to working order They reached their heyday in the earlier part of the 19th century, after which the advent of steam power started the decline of the windmill. A steam engine is a Heat engine that performs Mechanical work using Steam as its Working fluid.
An example of a standing smock mill is Willesborough in Ashford, Kent. New Mill is a Grade II* listed Smock mill built in 1869 which is now a museum open to the public The town of Ashford lies on the River Great Stour, M20 motorway, South Eastern Main Line and High Speed 1 railways in the borough of Ashford
Designed by the civil engineer John Smeaton, Chimney Mill in Spital Tongues, Newcastle upon Tyne was the first five-sailed smock mill in Britain and the only surviving smock mill in the North East region. This article is about the 18th century civil engineer For the baggage handler involved in the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack, see John Smeaton (baggage Spital Tongues is a historic area of Newcastle upon Tyne, located north west of the city centre Newcastle upon Tyne ( (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and Metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England However, the sails and original cap are no longer in place.
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