Windmill as a Prime Mover

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Though the advent and general application of steam replaced the windmill in many of its strongholds, and restricted its use to a few specific purposes, such use has become a very extended one, and will be still further enlarged in the near future, as the true value of the windmill as a prime mover becomes better appreciated, and as electrical storage batteries become more of a success.