Molinology (from Latin: molīna, mill; and Greek λόγος, study) is the study of mills and other similar devices which use energy for mechanical purposes such as grinding, fulling or sawing.
The term "Molinology" was coined in 1965 by the Portuguese industrial historian João Miguel dos Santos Simões.
[1] Mills make use of moving water or wind, or the strength of animal or human muscle to power machines for purposes such as hammering, grinding, pumping, sawing, pressing or fulling.
Thus molinology is a multidisciplinary area of study which reaches beyond mechanical analysis of the mills.
The Society aims to retain the knowledge of those traditional engines which have been rendered obsolete by modern technical and economic trends.