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unusual facts about windmills



Byasa daemonius

that belongs to the Windmills genus Byasa, comprising tailed black swallowtail butterflies with white spots and red submarginal crescents.

Clayton Windmills

The windmills stand atop the scenic South Downs with spectacular views of the Sussex Weald.

Consuegra

Most Spanish windmills, like those described in Cervantes's Don Quixote, can be found in the province of Castilla-La Mancha in central Spain.

Elisha K. Green

He was a manufacturer of windmills, pumps and engines, selling his first windmill to developer Prudent Beaudry.

Glossary of mill machinery

Most windmills had four sails, although some had five (Boston), six (Waltham, Lincs) or eight sails Heckington, Lincs and there is one recorded twelve sailed windmill (Cottenham, Cambs).

H. C. Casserley

Casserley acquired his first motor car in 1934, which aided his reaching obscure small railway lines and investigating windmills, in which he had also developed an interest.

Hartsville, New York

In the fall of 2005, it was publicly revealed that Irish windmill company Airtricity was planning to build several windmills in Hartsville, and had signed contracts with several landowners for the use of land on which to put these windmills.

Le Moule

Shared farming has become necessary as well as industrial modernization and steam machines replaced traditional windmills.

Mol, Belgium

This displays works of the artist Jakob Smits (1855-1928) and other painters of the Molse School, who were attracted to the area by its rustic views including several windmills (of which only one remains).

Reigate Windmill

There are two windmills standing today in Reigate.

Rockland County Courthouse and Dutch Gardens

The garden features a one story tea house whose interior features a brick fireplace with carvings of mountains, windmills and other serene symbols representing aspects of Dutch-American history, others of motifs popular in 1930s: Popeye, the Baker Cocoa and Old Dutch Cleanser maids.

The Eternal Quest

The Eternal Quest (U.S. title Tilting at Windmills; subtitle A Novel of Cervantes and the Errant Knight) is a novel published in 2003.

Tilting at windmills

The band name of They Might Be Giants (who are named after a 1971 movie of the same name) is a reference to Don Quixote thinking the windmills are giants.

Toell the Great

In Ninase village there are two old windmills reshaped into the figures or Tõll and Piret.

Windmill Hill Batteries

The batteries were originally established by Lt General Edward Cornwallis during his governorship of Gibraltar between 1762–77, built on the site of the old windmills after which the hill was named.


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