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"Why does a creative person create? It's a type of compulsion. I like to explore new ideas."
- Bart Kosko
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| Rooftop Windmill | ||
| Renewable energy source for the home. |
| Sometimes a man has a windmill on his roof for light and heat; then, the harder the wintry blasts may blow the brighter and warmer becomes the house, the current passing through a storage battery to make it more steady. |
| From A Journey In Other Worlds,
by John Jacob Astor IV. Published by Unknown in 1894 Additional resources -
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