What are the uses of windmills?

More than 2,000 years ago, China, Babylon, Persia and other countries have used ancient windmills to pump water for irrigation and grind grain. /kloc-after 0/2 century, windmills developed rapidly in Europe, using wind energy to lift water, warm, cool down, ship and generate electricity.

Ancient windmills were developed from sails. It has 6 ~ 8 pairs of awnings like sailboats, which are distributed around a vertical axis. When the wind blows, it rotates around the axis like a lantern, which is called a lantern windmill. Because of its low efficiency, this kind of windmill is gradually replaced by other windmills, such as "vertical windmill" and "automatic rotor windmill".

Extended information windmill country: Netherlands

People often call the Netherlands "the country of windmills". The Netherlands is a country in Western Europe, with a population of only 10 million. It is also a world-famous low-lying country. The name of the Netherlands means "low-lying land" in both English and Dutch, and its real name is "Netherlands". "Ned" means low, and "Lan" means land, which are collectively called "low-lying countries".

There are many swamps and lakes in Holland. One third of the country's area is only higher than the sea level of the North Sea 1 m, and nearly one quarter is lower than the sea level. It's really a veritable "Holland".

The Netherlands is known as the "windmill kingdom", and the quaint and elegant windmills that can be seen everywhere in the Netherlands add some special beauty to this beautiful country.

The earliest appearance of windmills in the Netherlands mainly depends on the unique geographical location of the Netherlands and the Dutch's urgent demand for electricity. The Netherlands is located on the west coast of Europe, far away from the island of Great Britain, forming a geographical feature of funnel-shaped tail. The Atlantic monsoon comes directly from the North Sea, and the Netherlands is at the crossroads of the wind belt, benefiting for many years, and windmills came into being.

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