The Windmill Of Betholt

Published: Apr. 11,2014 Tags: Hidden   Puzzle

Intro: Apparatus that employs wind power for a diversity of uses, like pumping water, driving electrical generators and so on is called windmill. They are most closely related with using wind to generate power to grind grain into flour. A Greek engineer that lived in Roman Egypt in the 1st century AD is accredited as being the inventor of the windmill - using it to power a machine. The name of this man is not recorded but he is mentioned in some records simply as 'hero' - seems like a reminder of how important the invention windmill is. Windmills are today's trade mark of Netherlands, even if they could be found all around the world. It is said that 'windmills built the Netherlands since without them, water could not have been drained away from the flat, marshy lands of Holland - and farmers couldn't have grown fruit, vegetables and tulips.

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