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What energy resource has been used for centuries to grind grain and pump water?
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Why were windmills invented?
To be used to grind grain.
What is a windmill?
A windmill is a machine with sails or blades, usually four, driven by the wind, originally used to pump water, or grind grain, Windmills were originally just that, a wind-powered grain mill (to turn grain into flour). Many "windmills", for instance those scattered around the Australian outback, are actually "wind pumps" to bring water from to the surface from deep underground. Modern ones are used on wind farms that use the renewable source of energy, wind, to make energy.
Why was the windmill invented?
The earliest windmills were invented in the ninth century AD in the Middle East and were used to grind grain or to lift water.
How do traditional windmills grind grain and bring underground water?
By capturing the power of the wind as it passes the windmill's sails. This causes the sails to turn, which rotates the sails axle and this, through gears and cogs, powers the pump or the grind stones.
Why were wind mills created?
Windmills were originally created, before electricity was invented, to either grind grain or to lift water. Modern ones to produce electricity are intended to make use of energy which is there for the taking, without using up fossil fuel and without creating pollution.
A place where people grind grain into flower?
People grind grain into flour in a mill.
What is the place to grind grain?
A mill is the place where grain is ground into flour. Mills can be powered by water, wind, or electricity, and they use grinding stones or rollers to crush the grain into a powder.
Whats an exammple of a renewable resource?
Renewable resources are an important aspect of sustainability. ... Paddle wheels used to grind grain are an early examples.
What is a millstone typically used for?
Typically millstones were used in mills a few centuries ago. They were large rocks that were rotated typically by water power in order to grind grain.
How do you use grind in a sentence?
The machine could grind up grain easily.
Can I grind barley grass in a nutrimill grain mill?
Yes, the Nutrimill grain mill will grind barley. It will also grind many other things such as what, corn, rye, and oats, as well as buckwheat.
Why were windmills invented?
To be used to grind grain.
Why were the windmills in La Mancha made?
to grind grain
Why were windmills built in the 1800?
to pump water; to grind grain
How did native Americans grind seeds and grain?
Mortar and pestle
How did people first use wind as energy?
Probably in primitive sailing boats. Before electricity was even known about, millers used windmills to grind grain into flour.
How do they turn wheat into flour?
You take the wheat (which is a grain) and grind it up.
