Livros e relatórios sobre o assunto:
Relatório do laboratório nacional de energias renováveis (NREL) dos EUA, desenvolvido a pedido da NASA, sobre a turbina eólicas:
Historical development of the windmill.
Link 1: http://wind.nrel.gov/public/library/shepherd.pdf
Link 2: https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6342767-n3B3pY/
Livro “As máquinas medievais: a revolução industrial da Idade Média”: Jean Gimpel. The medieval machine : the industrial revolution of the Middle Ages. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1976.
Karel Davids. The Rise and Decline of Dutch Technological Leadership (2 vols): Technology, Economy and Culture in the Netherlands, 1350-1800 (2 Vols.). BRILL, 17 de set. de 2008 - 666 páginas
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Artigos científicos sobre o assunto:
Artigo “O aspecto histórico da transformação das formas arquitetônicas dos moinhos de vento”:
Inna Zayats. The Historical Aspect of Windmills Architectural Forms Transformation. Elsevier. Procedia Engineering Volume 117, 2015, Pages 685-695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.234
Zhang, B. (n.d.). Ancient Chinese Windmills. International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms, 203–214. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-9485-9_15
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Sites:
History of U.S. Wind. https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/history-us-wind-energy
Fábricas movidas a energia eólica: história (e futuro) de moinhos de vento industriais: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/10/history-of-industrial-windmills.html
How Are Windmills Used Today? https://sciencing.com/windmills-used-today-7220114.html
5 fatos sobre moinhos de vento: https://www.iamsterdam.com/en/plan-your-trip/day-trips/old-holland/five-facts-about-windmills
Sawmill Works: https://waldenlabs.com/wind-powered-sawmill-works/
A Brief History of Wood-Splitting Technology, Part 3: The Wind-Powered Sawmill That Changed Dutch History: https://www.core77.com/posts/53123/A-Brief-History-of-Wood-Splitting-Technology-Part-3-The-Wind-Powered-Sawmill-That-Changed-Dutch-History
A 14th-century manuscript by Al-Dimashqi shows a cross-section of a typical vertical windmill: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/a-14th-century-manuscript-by-al-dimashqi-shows-a-cross-section-of-a-typical-vertical-windmill/JQFlYR-eQWqUrw
Naval history of the Netherlands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_history_of_the_Netherlands
Filme chinês de 1957: 经典老电影《柳堡的故事》八一 1957年【高清1080p】 陶玉玲 / 陈东岗 /主演 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vo6FEWBWSY
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