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Post by Flix on Jul 14, 2009 17:45:43 GMT
One of the arms of a windmill What he said. |
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Jul 14, 2009 17:54:30 GMT
But he said it first - BINGO!  This one is on display at the Berlin Technical museum's outdoor park, and it's one of the oldest from the Northern German region - which makes it several hundred years old (talk about solid construction!). Actually it can be manually (one-man-ually!!!) turned into the wind with a beam, as it rests on a pivot. |
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Post by Hand-E-Food on Jul 14, 2009 23:54:56 GMT
A windmill sounds right.
How about a drawbridge?
EDIT: Whoops... Missed this page.
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Post by LaFille on Jul 15, 2009 16:24:18 GMT
Solid construction an very good wood for it not to be completely rotten... Philosophic question; if you build a ship but end up replacing all of its materials, is it the same ship anymore?  Was it used for grain? |
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Post by Galadriel on Jul 15, 2009 17:08:10 GMT
There are several windmills in Belgium and Holland as well and yes, most of them were used for grain. I don't know if there are other uses for a windmill though? 
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Jul 15, 2009 17:09:22 GMT
Hmm... how do you produce grain using a windmill? |
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Post by LaFille on Jul 15, 2009 17:13:14 GMT
Well, not to produce it, but to crush it to make flour?
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Jul 15, 2009 17:15:04 GMT
Aha! So that's where the name came from!!!
Windmill: to harness the power of the wind to mill the grain into flour! ;D
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Post by Galadriel on Jul 15, 2009 17:53:25 GMT
tp explain the working of a windmill, check this page. If you need to know more about it, let me know.
Basically, the wind makes the arms go round, the arms are attached to a mechanism inside the mill, that makes round stones (millstones) turn and the grain falls in between the stones and gets crushed into flour.
There are also other types of windmills, like the newer ones that are used to get electrical energy.
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Jul 15, 2009 21:52:23 GMT
I don't know if there are other uses for a windmill though? Oh yes - especially in the Netherlands - the low lands - the force of the (continuously blowing) wind was used to pump water to drain the low lying lands - strictly speaking, they should have been called wind pumps there. There may have been combinations though - where the turning momentum of the millstones (grinding stones) was further transmitted to pumps. The one I pictured was indeed used to grind grain to flour - and it was an 'inland' mill, hence the ability to turn it into changing wind directions. To the question whether the change of each and every part changes the thing - I would say no, if it is an identical replacement. It'd still be the same design and function. In the course of normal maintenance one would indeed replace and/or refurbish the majority of parts in anything. In reality though, a lot of times one does not only replace with identical parts, but with improved parts or functions - this then is the from restoration to evolution (development).
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Post by LaFille on Jul 17, 2009 3:24:15 GMT
Yeah... I came to wonder if my question about grain was silly, after a few minutes.  Lol. So, when it's a windpump, it looks like you indeed can produce grain with a windmill! Windmills are something that I don't think we have here except maybe on some islands on the St-Lawrence... We have a lot of (water)mills, but most are about woodwork. However, when I think windmill, it's Don Quixote that comes to my mind. ;D It looks like THD needs another reminder. ;D |
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Post by twoheadedragon on Jul 17, 2009 10:37:14 GMT
@ Everyone: I had to guess it, I'm too big a fan of "The Man of La Mancha" to not guess it!  Sorry I couldn't get on for a few days, was quite busy... Okay, here's one ( I think it's almost too easy):  |
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Jul 17, 2009 10:43:34 GMT
Octopus? Thanks, Gal, Fille and Alrik: will slowly look over that info about windmills. |
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Post by Hildor on Jul 17, 2009 12:44:48 GMT
Banana.
OR a Bananoctopus, an octopus with the power to ban on forums, while tasting like a banana!
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Jul 17, 2009 13:46:27 GMT
Bananoctopus
Octanana?
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Post by twoheadedragon on Jul 18, 2009 9:09:41 GMT
Banana. OR a Bananoctopus, an octopus with the power to ban on forums, while tasting like a banana! Yes, it's a banana!  Take it away Hildor! @ Glance: Personally, I like your guesses. Of course I have to be fair...  |
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Jul 18, 2009 11:22:25 GMT
Damn... that was so easy I missed it. |
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Post by twoheadedragon on Jul 19, 2009 4:05:26 GMT
Damn... that was so easy I missed it. Yeah, I was kinda expecting somebody to guess it a few seconds after posting... ;D |
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Post by Galadriel on Jul 19, 2009 15:41:36 GMT
So when will the next picture be posted?
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Post by Hildor on Jul 20, 2009 6:48:42 GMT
Woah patience my dear! ( ) I'll post a picture tonight, right now I'm going to concentrate on my incredibly important governmental student job ;D |
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Sorry I couldn't get on for a few days, was quite busy...
Take it away Hildor!