CHINESE WINDMILL WATERS FARM (Oct, 1933)
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Oct, 1933
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Oct, 1933
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Tags: alternative energy, wind power
That’s a really nifty way to pump water!
CHINESE WINDMILL WATERS FARM
Adapting an Oriental idea for raising water for his own needs and to irrigate his fields, a California farmer has constructed the curious apparatus shown in the accompanying photographs. Power from a windmill, transmitted through gears, revolves a spiral-shaped tube of pipe open at both ends. The outside end dips into a water-filled ditch at each revolution. Water is thus picked up, and runs by gravity around the spiral to the hub as the wheel revolves. An opening in the hub dis-charges the water into a trough four feet above the level in the ditch, giving a sufficient lift for the irrigation purposes desired.
It’s an un-wound Archimedes’ screw.
Comment by Skipweasel — October 18, 2007 @ 2:40 pm
Sir,
I am a science teacher from India.Our school science fare is decided to start at Nov 4.For this purpose we made a windmill and a water pump.But our windmill waterpump mechanism failed. Sir please send the detailed mechanism of windmill waterpump to us.
My mail address
anwar7055@gmail.com
Comment by anwar — October 29, 2008 @ 10:40 am