The first such windmills were developed in the mid-1850s by Connecticut machinist Daniel Halladay. They differed dramatically, both in form and function, from traditional European windmills (think Don ...

The geographical regions in which water-pumping windmills are common, and the uses to which they are put are briefly described. Their operation and design are summarised, including mention of recent ...

At the University of Technology Eindhoven a data acquisition system has been realized for field measurements of water pumping windmills. The work was realized within the framework of CWD, Consultancy ...

Regarding the letter by Don Siefkes, of San Leandro, "Let's fill Lake Powell in less than a year via Mississippi aqueduct." As long as we are dreaming up solutions, the aqueduct should be terminated ...

At an age when my classmates were fascinated with dinosaurs or playing Cowboys and Indians, I picked up a book titled “Engineers’ Dreams” and was hooked. Thus began a lifelong interest in projects ...