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Windmill

A windmill is a machine operated by the force of wind acting on vanes or sails to mill grain (gristmills). Windmills were used throughout the high medieval and early modern periods; the horizontal or panemone windmill first appeared in Persia during the 9th century, and the vertical windmill first appeared in northwestern Europe in the 12th century.

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Horizontal windmills

Vertical windmills

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Windmill

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Windmill

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related to Horizontal windmills · 35
Windmill → Aegean Sea, Al-Andalus, Balkans, Battersea, By, Central Asia, China, Eastern Iran, Estakhri, Europe, Fowler's Mill, Hooper's Mill, Iberian Peninsula, India, Jurchen Jin, Kent, Khattab, Khorasan, London, Made
related to Machinery · 21
Windmill → Additional, Admiraal, AmsterdamInterior, An, Archimedes, Beebe WindmillDiagram, Buildings SurveyTechnical, Dutch, East Hampton, Gears, In, It, KentCross, Meopham, New York Historic American, Pantigo, Post, Sawmills, The, Windmills
related to Further reading · 18
Windmill → An Enquiry, Britain, British Institute, Gregory, Hugh Pembroke, Iran, Journal, Moslem, Newcomen Society, Origins, Persian Studies, Persian Windmills, Phillimore, S2CID, Technological Heritage, The Industrial Windmill, Vol, Vowles
related to Vertical windmills · 16
Windmill → England, Europe, European, Flanders, France, Humber Estuary, It, Northern Europe, Persia-Middle East, Several, Southern Europe, The, These, Weedley, Wold, Yorkshire
related to Forerunners · 14
Windmill → Alexandria, Another, BC, China, Hammurabi, Hero, Heron, His, Later, Mesopotamia, Roman Egypt, The Babylonian, Tibet, Wind-powered
related to Spread and decline · 12
Windmill → Economic, Europe, In, Industrial Revolution, Many, More, Most, Netherlands, Of, The Zaan, Windmills, With
related to External links · 11
Windmill → Belgium, Earth Science Australia, Great BritainThe Mills ArchiveWind, Kent, Netherlands Archived, University, Wayback MachineA Geograph, Wind Power, Windmill WorldMill Database, Windmills, WindmillsThe International Molinological SocietyWindmills
related to Tower mill · 11
Windmill → Around, British Empire, By, Denmark, English-speaking, Germany, Great Britain, In, Mediterranean Sea, The, These
related to Post mill · 6
Windmill → By, Europe, European, Later, The, This
related to Smock mill · 4
Windmill → Dutch, Smock, The, This

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mill sails windmills mills century used wind tower europe horizontal vertical power post smock around first machinery spread grain wheel

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Windmillis amachine operated by the force of wind acting on vanes or sails to mill grain0.90text
Windmillrelated to External linksEarth Science Australia0.60section
Windmillrelated to External linksWind Power0.60section
Windmillrelated to External linksWindmillsThe International Molinological SocietyWindmills0.60section
Windmillrelated to External linksWindmill WorldMill Database0.60section
Windmillrelated to External linksBelgium0.60section
Windmillrelated to External linksNetherlands Archived0.60section
Windmillrelated to External linksWayback MachineA Geograph0.60section
Windmillrelated to External linksWindmills0.60section
Windmillrelated to External linksGreat BritainThe Mills ArchiveWind0.60section
Windmillrelated to External linksUniversity0.60section
Windmillrelated to External linksKent0.60section

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