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A water wheel is a machine for converting the kinetic energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists of a large wheel (usually constructed from wood or metal), with numerous blades or buckets attached to the outer rim forming the drive mechanism. Water wheels were still in commercial use well…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Water wheel | is a | machine for converting the kinetic energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power | 0.90 | text |
| Water wheel | is a | headrace | 0.90 | text |
| Water wheel | is a | oldest type of horizontal axis wheel | 0.90 | text |
| Water wheel | is a | still extant wheel at the early 13th century Real Monasterio de Nuestra Senora de Rueda | 0.90 | text |
| agriculture to ferrous metallurgy in ancient civilizations spanning the Near East | instance of | the one carrying water after it has left the wheel is commonly referred to as a tailrace.Water wheels were used for various purposes from things | 0.80 | text |
| Hellenistic world | instance of | the one carrying water after it has left the wheel is commonly referred to as a tailrace.Water wheels were used for various purposes from things | 0.80 | text |
| China | instance of | the one carrying water after it has left the wheel is commonly referred to as a tailrace.Water wheels were used for various purposes from things | 0.80 | text |
| Roman Empire | instance of | the one carrying water after it has left the wheel is commonly referred to as a tailrace.Water wheels were used for various purposes from things | 0.80 | text |
| India | instance of | the one carrying water after it has left the wheel is commonly referred to as a tailrace.Water wheels were used for various purposes from things | 0.80 | text |
| are found on the Fall Line of the North American East Coast | instance of | high-volume flows | 0.80 | text |
| legal codes | instance of | geared water-raising wheels were introduced from the Islamic world to India.Medieval EuropeEarly medieval EuropeAncient water-wheel technology continued unabated in the early me… | 0.80 | text |
| monastic charters | instance of | geared water-raising wheels were introduced from the Islamic world to India.Medieval EuropeEarly medieval EuropeAncient water-wheel technology continued unabated in the early me… | 0.80 | text |
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