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Medieval windmill diagram (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by PugJesus to c/historyillustrations

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[–] Anti_Face_Weapon 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I didn't realized that the windmills' tops could ever rotate, or that they had automatic hammers, it could be connected to irrigation pumps, or that individual drive trails would go to houses.

Obviously not every wind mill was this sophisticated, but it's very cool.