jan 31, 1920 - George Darrieus a frenchman invented the Darrieus Turbine which has been given the nickname "eggbeater windmill". The design was the first vertical axis wind turbine and was given the nickname because of its 2-3 blade design shaped like an eggbeater which is still being used in wind turbines till this day
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