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In Iran, a windcatcher is called a bâdgir, bâd "wind" + gir "catcher" (Persian: بادگیر). The devices were used in Achaemenid architecture. [15] They are used in the hot, dry areas of the Central Iranian Plateau, and in the hot, humid coastal regions. [15] Central Iran shows large diurnal temperature variation with an arid climate.
This is a list of notable types of weapons which saw use in warfare, and more broadly in combat, prior to the advent of the early modern period, i.e., approximately prior to the start of the 16th century.
Aghazadeh Mansion. Aghazadeh Mansion (Persian: خانه آقازاده) and its windcatcher was built during the Qajar dynasty and is located in Abarkooh, Iran. [1] This building is registered as a national historical monument in Iran [2] and since 2015, the facade of this building has been portrayed on the 20,000 rial bills.
A diagram of a panemone whose wind-catching panels are arranged to turn edge-on to the wind when moving against the wind's thrust, and side-on when moving downwind to harness the wind's motion. A panemone windmill is a type of vertical-axis wind turbine. It has a rotating axis positioned vertically, while the wind-catching blades move parallel ...
The way windcatchers work is that the moving air masses (wind, breeze, etc.) at the top of windcatchers create a pressure gradient between the top of the windcatcher and its base, inside, at the bottom of the shaft. This pressure gradient sucks out rising hot air from inside the shaft while the colder dense air remains.
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Panjagān was either a projectile weapon or an archery technique used by the late military of Sasanian Persia, by which a volley of five arrows was shot. [1] No examples of the device have survived, but it is alluded to by later Islamic authors, [2] in particular, in their description of the Persian conquest of Yemen, where the application of the unknown panjagan was supposedly the deciding ...
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