Machine that converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of adjustable sails
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A wind-operated mill (top), and the same mill water-operated (below). Coloured aquatint by V. Raineri.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 45431i- Pictures
After attacking a windmill believed to be a giant, Don Quixote and his horse Rocinante lie on the ground, while Sancho Panza rides to their rescue. Engraving by C.T. Warren, 1796, after R. Corbould.
Richard CorbouldDate: [1796]Reference: 3005078i
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Architecture: section of a windmill. Engraving by Bénard [after Lucotte?].
Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 44146i
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Crimean War: French ambulance men carrying the English wounded before Sebastopol. Wood engraving.
Reference: 21041i
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Two windmills (in the Netherlands?) Pencil drawing [by Lilly?], 1862.
Date: 1862Reference: 47585i