Windmill

A mill with a drive system which uses wind energy, historically among the power sources for wire production.
Photograph of a traditional windmill with four latticed sails, seen from the ground among bare trees.

A windmill is a mill with a drive system which uses wind energy.

The book illustrates the entry with a photograph of a historic windmill with four latticed sails — like the water wheel, one of the power sources available to early wire-drawing works before the steam engine.

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Adapted from “"We do it straight" — Wire Straightening”, p. 197 (ISBN 3-00-005897-4).

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