Watch the ancient windmill first appear on Earth

Did you know, the first windmill was not a Dutch invention!

Wind energy has been discovered and used by humans since ancient times. They were sailboats to take advantage of the wind to explore the vast sea, a crude 'machine' using wind to crush grains or transport water through fields.

One of the most iconic, ancient inventions used to this day is the windmill. Let's visit one of the oldest windmills in Nashtifan (Iran) through the article below.

Nashtifan is a town located in southern Khorasan Razavi province, 20km from Khaf city and 30km from the Afghan border. One of the outstanding features of this area is the strong winds that often blow through here.

That's why this town is also known as Nish Toofan or 'storm venom'. With such abundant natural energy, windmills have become an important part of the region's creative industry and people have used wind power for centuries.

Talking about the history of windmills, the first windmills were erected in Persia around the 5th century. Their original form was horizontally shaped with vertical spindles with 6-12 inspirations. rectangular wind is covered by reed mats or cloth.

These windmills are used in the old sugarcane and barley milling industry. Originating from here, the windmills became famous.

This model spread and became popular throughout the Middle East and Central Asia, then spread to China, India and the rest of Europe.

Nashtifan windmills were among the first windmill models to be built and used. This area has about 30 windmills with a height of 15 - 20m.

These mills are believed to date from the Safavid dynasty around 1500 and are one of the oldest mills in the world.

The windmills here are mostly made of straw, clay or wood. Their wooden wings use wind to rotate a colored stone in a room made of clay.

Each mill consists of 8 revolutions with 6 vertical wooden wings in each room. When these rooms began to spin, it made the main shaft of the rotary mill and turned the granulator.

The vibrations generated by such revolutions also contribute to pushing particles from the container into the crusher. And just like that, the wheat is ground into flour without any human effort.

The Nashtifan windmill has a horizontal design with vertical drive shaft and horizontal wind shields. This is the first millstone model recorded, similar to the millstone model in Persia.

However, they were recorded as ineffective by the vertical windmill model with the wind blades rotating vertically like today.

The disadvantages of these horizontal windmills are the windscreens. These panels have only one side that can absorb energy from the wind while the other side has to use energy to go against the wind.

As a result, these screens can never move faster or even equal to the speed of the wind.

These restrictions are partly offset by the huge amount of wind energy available in the region. In Nashtifan, wind speed usually reaches 120km / h.

Many burned brick rooms beneath these windmills have collapsed due to time but some have been restored to save a part of this unique heritage.

These mills are still used so far, though very little. In 2002, Nashtifan's windmill was ranked by Iran's Cultural Heritage Bureau as one of the national relics of great importance in history and tourism.