Power from Wind: A History of Windmill Technology

by Richard Leslie Hills

Book Overview

Since the inception of windpower around 1000 AD, technology has been deployed to obtain the most economical power from wind. The author traces its technical evolution, concentrating on the growth in understanding of wind and charting crucial developments in windmill design. The history of the windmill focuses on North Western Europe, but Hills indicates the origins of the first horizontal windmills in Persia, Tibet and China. He also examines industrial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052156686X
• ISBN13: 9780521566865
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.4"