This is what Green's Theorem have to do with bakery - Jonjon explores Green's Windmill Science Centre

“Green’s Windmill Science Centre”

(Nottingham)

Up till now I’ve visited quite a number of windmills in London and England and it’s still counting: Wimbledon Windmill Museum, Baggleswade’s Jordans Mill Museum , and a water mill from East London that you probably haven’t heard of.

Sooner or later, you’ll realize all these strategies in making them more-than-just a mill. Wimbledon shows you tons of windmill models. And they turn. Jordans Mill is more of the history of the brand name to be juiced up with family gossips. And what about the House Mill on Three Mills Island, where a guided tour walks you through ragged wooden floors and head-bumping hazards (adventures like this are enjoyably nostalgic, partly because they reflect the late Georgian / Victorian “safety” standards as demonstrated here)?

See for yourself: "Green's Windmill Science Centre" (Nottingham)

And now here we’re bombarded with another historical quirk – the Green's Windmill was to serve George Green’s bakery family only to be inherited by George Green the jr., the physicist that hated doing his family business (although it gave him all the fortunes to pursue science) and came up with Green’s Theorem instead. Which means now you get to build a science centre just besides. With a slightest attempt in explaining the equation that calculates integrals along a closed curve (an engine-maths nightmare in my case). And with his works on hydrodynamics, another section throws in wave motions and meteorology.

Now march across to the mill and learn technical terms. Like “sack hoist”.

Built 1807.

(William Booth Birthplace Museum is just down the hill, a two-minute walk. It requires pre-booking, so plan ahead.)

When you feel like life is too short, come join my 25-min museum tour. Or find yourself in my novel, check out the photo of the day and finish it off with a secret prize.

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