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I'm looking for HR pictures of Middle Ages technology, like armor, printing presses, windmills, etc. Extra points for pics that are easily printable without spending 20 bucks on ink. Schematics would be ideal. Thanks.
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>>138004
Not completely tru. The Dutch postmill for example is the oldest type of mill known in europe and is also the most complex one. The whole machinery is located in the top building which rests on a single post to allow it to reposition into the wind. The enourmous forces on the post are deflected into pull force by 4 pairs of diagonal beams who send the force to 2 crossplates. This whole construction has proved cheap to build, and had a great endurance. This mill still has its wooden parts from 1684.
The parts are not fixed by nails or screws, no the whole construction is loose and hold together by its own weight.
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The wings have improved over time. These were invented in the late middle-ages when was discovered that putting the supportbeam at about 1/5th of the width will improve efficiency (as in an aeroplane wing)and by twisting the blades the forces were equal over the whole length.
>> Anonymous
>>137996

learn to use wikipedia dumbass.

Middle Ages = 500 AD - 1500 AD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_ages

Printing press invented in 1445
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press
not to mention that Europe had other forms of printing, before movable type came along
>> Anonymous
>>137988

...metal gear?
>> Anonymous
>>138032
>>around 500 AD to approximately 1500 AD
fixed

Rennaissance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennaissance
spanned roughly the 14th through the 17th century

So there is major overlap, 14th century being the 1300's.

Typically middle ages lasted later in England then the rest of Mainland Europe.