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Speculaas spices: pepper, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, cardamom and nutmeg Schuddebuikjes: Mini speculaas cookie topping for bread, Netherlands, 2019 Speculaas (Dutch: [speːkyˈlaːs] ⓘ; French: spéculoos; German: Spekulatius [ʃpekuˈlaːtsi̯ʊs] ⓘ) is a type of spiced shortcrust biscuit [1] originated in the Low Countries (Belgium and the Netherlands) [2] and baked with speculaas spices ...
The capacity of hard drives has grown exponentially over time. When hard drives became available for personal computers, they offered 5-megabyte capacity. During the mid-1990s the typical hard disk drive for a PC had a capacity in the range of 500 megabyte to 1 gigabyte. [6] As of February 2025 hard disk drives up to 36 TB were available. [7]
Dutch Windmill may refer to: Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer who was nicknamed The Dutch Windmill; Fabyan Windmill, windmill in Geneva, Illinois, United States; List of windmills in the Netherlands; Speculaas, also known as Dutch Windmill cookies; Dutch Windmill, one of two Golden Gate Park windmills in San Francisco, California
The Dutch government decided to sell it to Wichers for $2800, making De Zwaan the last windmill to leave the Netherlands. Windmill authorities in the Netherlands provided the City of Holland with the history of De Zwaan, noting that it had been built in Krommenie, Netherlands, in 1761 as a grain mill set on a raised base in order to enhance ...
In the 1950s, introduction of magnetic tapes and hard disk drives allowed for mass external storage of information, which played the key part of the computer revolution. [6] Initially all external storage, tape and hard disk drives are today available as both internal and external storage.
Resold drives through partnership with Magnetic Peripherals; CII-Honeywell-Bull was itself a joint venture between Compagnie Internationale d'Informatique, Honeywell, and Groupe Bull [31] Cogito Systems: United States: 1983: 1985: Dissolution [32] [33] Comport: United States: 1988: 1991: Dissolution [34] [35] Computer Memories, Inc. United ...
The drive from the windmill's rotor was led down through the tower and back out through the wall to turn a large wheel known as a noria. The noria supported a bucket chain which dangled down into the well. The buckets were traditionally made of wood or clay. These windmills remained in use until the 1950s, and many of the towers are still standing.
Brill windmill, a 17th-century post mill in Buckinghamshire. The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. Its defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single central vertical post. The vertical post is supported by four quarter bars. These are struts that steady the central post.