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5000 BCE
What everyday things did people use wind for?
In China, people used wind to propel boats down the Nile Ruseieras early as 5000 B.C. By 200 B.C. But simple windmills where used to pump water while vertical-axis windmills with woven reed sails -
5000 BCE
When wind power was developed
Since early recorded history, people have utilised wind energy. They used it for a lot of things like, to propel boats. It was an important event because people have discovered different ways that you can use wind energy -
1 BCE
A wind driven wheel
The first time a wind driven wheel is used to power a machine. A Greek engineer invented this windmill. -
When did the inventor of windmills start inventing them?
The first windmill was created in the United States by Daniel Halladay, he began inventing windmills in 1854 in his Connecticut machine shop.
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The first windmill for electricity production
The first ever windmill that was used for electricity was created by Professor James Blyth from Anderson’s collage in Glasgow, Scotland in July 1887. -
The first vertical exis wind turbine
It was invented in the 1920 by French men. It was patented in 1931 in US. It was important because it is useful for farms -
The first giant wind farm
The first wind farm was built in 1980 in California, it is a important event because a lot of important lessons where learnt such as a greater awareness of environmental affects
