6b+Wind+--+History

= Wind History  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =


 * Dates || Events ||
 * 50,000 years ago || People used wind to control fires ||
 * 5,000 years ago || The 1st boat sailed on the Mediterranean Sea using wind. ||
 * 3,000 years ago || Chinese used wind to power war kites. ||
 * 1612 || windmills were invented ||
 * 1612 || People used wind to irrigate land, cut wood, and pump water. ||
 * 1692 || Christopher Columbus used wind to sail back and forth from North America and England. ||
 * 1854 || Holland improved windmills by giving them propeller type blades. ||
 * 1887 || Professor James Blyth experimented with 3 different turbine designs to power his house. ||
 * 1887 || Charles F. Brush built a 12Kw turbine to charge 408 batteries. ||
 * 1890s || Poul la Cour discovered that fast rotating wind turbines with fewer blades were most efficient at generating electricity. ||
 * 1920s || The 1st vertical axis turbine was invented by George Darrieus. ||
 * 1991 || The first onshore wind farm opened in Cornwall, UK. ||
 * 2003 || The first offshore wind farm opened in North Wales, UK. ||
 * Present || People still use windmills (or wind turbines) to grind grains, pump water, and cut wood. ||
 * Present || People still use windmills (or wind turbines) to grind grains, pump water, and cut wood. ||

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