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TITLE                                                    : WINDMILL

GENERAL CLASSSIFICATION        : An ordinary 8-foot windwheel develops less than 1/10 horse power. A windmill is a machine for converting wind energy into mechanical energy. A windmill is used for grinding grain, pumping water for irrigation and in the past few years for generating electricity.

IDENTIFICATION                               :  A common windmill consists of a high steel tower on top of which revolves an air motor. The parts of the air motor are fixed onto the wind shaft and are automatically held into the wind or furled according to whether water should be pumped or if the mill needs to be protected from the severity of the wind.