Iran's Centuries-Old Windmills May Soon Stop Turning
The Nashtifan windmills have a vertical axis, an arrangement in which the millstones are attached to the windmill's vertical driveshaft. Nashtifan's 120 mile-per-hour winds spin the blades, which spin the shaft, which spins the millstones, which grinds the grain. The downside to this style of vertical axis windmill (called a panemone) is ...Web
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