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  2. Panemone windmill - Wikipedia

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    The earliest recorded windmill design found was Persian in origin, and was invented sometime around 700–900 AD. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This design was the panemone, with vertical lightweight wooden sails attached by horizontal struts to a central vertical shaft.

  3. History of wind power - Wikipedia

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    The Persian, horizontal windmill Medieval depiction of a windmill. Wind-powered machines used to grind grain and pump water, the windmill and wind pump, were developed in what are now Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan by the 9th century.

  4. Windmill - Wikipedia

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    A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called ... The Persian horizontal windmill, the first practical windmill. Hooper ...

  5. List of inventions in the medieval Islamic world - Wikipedia

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    Panemone windmill: The earliest recorded windmill design found was Persian in origin, and was invented around the 7th-9th centuries. [20] [21] 9th century. Algebra discipline: Al-Khwarizmi is considered the father of the algebra discipline. The word Algebra comes from the Arabic الجبر (al-jabr) in the title of his book Ilm al-jabr wa'l ...

  6. List of local winds - Wikipedia

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    Buran (a wind which blows across eastern Asia. It is also known as Purga when over the tundra); Karakaze (strong cold mountain wind from Gunma Prefecture in Japan); East Asian Monsoon, known in China and Taiwan as meiyu (梅雨), in Korea as jangma (), and in Japan as tsuyu (梅雨) when advancing northwards in the spring and shurin (秋霖) when retreating southwards in autumn.

  7. Odd Fellows Windmill - Wikipedia

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    The windmill utilized a horizontal windpump of the kind patented in 1854 by Daniel Halladay, the vanes were probably constructed of metal and resembled a pinwheel. [3] The Odd Fellows Home in Hollis was the first of its kind to allow craftsmen's wives and widows to be integrated as residents, with 17 couples initially residing in the compound.

  8. Wind power in Iran - Wikipedia

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    In 2004 Iran generated only 25 megawatts from wind power, 32 megawatts in 2005, and 45 megawatts in 2006. By 2009, total wind power capacity reached 130 megawatts. This was a result of the production of larger wind farms in more coastal and windy areas of Iran, such as Manjeel (Gilan province) and Binaloud (Razavi Khorasan Province).

  9. Manjil and Rudbar Wind Farm - Wikipedia

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    Manjil, Harzvil, Siahpoush and Rudbar Wind Farms are wind farms located in Gilan, Iran. In 1995 the Iranian governors decided to use renewable energies in Iran and started to develop wind farms in Manjil area. They start with installing a Nord Tank NTK-500/37 wind turbine. They added other products of Nordtank such as NTK-300/35 and NTK-550/42.