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Medieval windmill diagram (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world

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[–] mandelbrotvurst@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I think this is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_Things_Work

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They used these for automatic hammers? That's fucking rad

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Trip hammers are neat as hell. Usually you see them in conjunction with watermills though.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

The bit where he walked over and started straightening it out lengthwise, 🤌 satisfying

[–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I didn't realized that the windmills' tops could ever rotate, or that they had automatic hammers, it could be connected to irrigation pumps, or that individual drive trails would go to houses.

Obviously not every wind mill was this sophisticated, but it's very cool.