http://zeroisthenewblack.com/how-do-ancient-windmills-work Shrinking Our Footprint Fri, 18 May 2012 14:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://zeroisthenewblack.com/how-do-ancient-windmills-work/comment-page-1#comment-3430 William D Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:07:59 +0000 http://zeroisthenewblack.com/how-do-ancient-windmills-work#comment-3430 The wind turns the vanes (the things that look like propellers) and the shaft for that is connected via gears to a grindstone or turns the shaft of a wheel. The wheel would be connect to a rod that moves up and down and moves a piston to pump water of moves a saw blade to saw wood. The wind turns the vanes (the things that look like propellers) and the shaft for that is connected via gears to a grindstone or turns the shaft of a wheel. The wheel would be connect to a rod that moves up and down and moves a piston to pump water of moves a saw blade to saw wood.

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