Original: 77, Issue 1 (1995), pp.1-30 (8) Made of six to twelve sails covered in reed matting or cloth material, these windmills were used to grind corn or draw up water, and were quite different from the later European horizontal-axis versions.
Simplified: 77, Issue 1 (1995), pp.1-30 (8) Made of six to twelve sails covered in reed matting or cloth, these windmills were used to grind corn or draw up water, they were quite different from the European versions.