Early turbine examples are windmills and waterwheels. Seaweed farms are combining with offshore windmills. These early European windmills were sunk post mills. He reports about the cycle paths, solar kitchens, reforestation schemes, windmills, and the Matrimandir. Tilting at windmills is an English idiom that means attacking imaginary enemies. What made the Russian mills significant is that they were the first windmills in California. This group of mills is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands. I should have known about tilting at windmills. His design included aerial gardens, windmills, and off-center spire. The majority of windmills have four sails. Genuine medieval contributions include for example mechanical clocks, spectacles and vertical windmills. Other crops include cereals (hence the famous windmills) and saffron. Brickman was inspired by meeting a former atomic scientist who made windmills and greenhouses. Another control mechanism was used to tent the sails of windmills. It is best known for its collection of well-preserved historic windmills and houses.