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2. Windpump - Wikipedia

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   Windmills were already in use to pump the water out, but in Van de Molens (On mills), he suggested improvements, including the idea that the wheels should move slowly, and a better system for meshing of the gear teeth. These improvements increased the efficiency of the windmills used to pump water out of the polders by three times.

3. Douglaston Manor Windmill - Wikipedia

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   One of two standing Aermotor windpumps in Queens, (The other is the Adriance Farm Windmill at the Queens Farm Museum), it is the only one with a dry 800 gallon holding tank and pumps water to a pond. The Alley pond Environmental center also provides learning space for schoolchildren and self guided nature tours of the Alley Pond Park.

4. File:Windmill operated water pump.jpg - Wikipedia

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5. Glossary of mill machinery - Wikipedia

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   In a windmill, a Crown Wheel is an auxiliary gear on the Upright Shaft. Fantail A fantail is a small windmill which is used to keep a windmill facing into the wind automatically. Great Spur Wheel The Great Spur Wheel is carried on the Upright Shaft. It drives the Stone Nuts. Millstones driven by the Great Spur Wheel can be either Overdrift or ...

6. Aermotor Windmill Company - Wikipedia

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   An Aermotor water-pumping windmill in Texas near Denton The defunct Aermotor Windmill at Gekeler Farms in Idaho. Besides the production of windmills from 6 to 16 feet (1.8 to 4.9 m) tall, [3] Aermotor also produces the towers on which a windmill sits. Four post towers come in steel (ranging from 21 to 60 feet or 6.4 to 18.3 meters tall) and ...

7. Pitman arm - Wikipedia

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   In windmills, the Pitman arm connects the driving gear to the pumping arm. It translates the rotary power from the wind blades to the up-and-down motion of the pumping arm. In automotive or truck steering systems, the Pitman arm acts as a linkage attached to the steering box (see recirculating ball ) sector shaft , [ 1 ] it converts the angular ...