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Water wheel

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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related to General references · 163
Water wheel → An Interim Report, Anatolian Studies, Ancient, Ancient Economy, Ancient Water Technology, Ancient World, Andrew, April, Archaeological Evidence, Archived, Area, Artemisinin, Baltimore, Batsford, Belknap Press, Berechnungsgrundlagen, Bibcode, Brill, British Water-mills, Cambridge
related to Islamic world · 33
Water wheel → After, Andalus, Another, Basra, By, Central Asia, Christian Spain, East Asia, Fulling, Hama, Hawi, Industrial, Iraq, Islam, Islamic, Islamic Spain, La Nora, Middle East, Moorish, Muhammad
related to Indian subcontinent · 21
Water wheel → According, AD, Ancient Indian, BC, Brahmans, China, Greek, Hellenistic, India, Indian, Irrigation, Joseph Needham, Metrodoros, On, Pacey, Reynolds, Roman Empire, Terry, The, This
related to China · 18
Water wheel → According, AD, Although, Book, China, Du Shi, Fu Xi, Hou Han Shu, Huan Tan, In, Joseph Needham, Later Han, Nanyang, Prefect, The Xin Lun, Wade-Giles, Wang Mang, Xin Lun
related to External links · 18
Water wheel → Agri, Archived, Arts, British Library, College, Computer, Glossary, India, JuneFoundry Patterns, Mech, Several, Thesis Presented, Water Wheel Construction, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineGuide, Wayback MachinePersian Wheel, Welsh, Yarbrough
related to Ancient Near East · 15
Water wheel → Asia Minor, BC, Egypt, Elsewhere, Greece, Hellenistic, Mesopotamia, Near East, Reynolds, Roman Empire, Syria, Terry, The, Water, West Asia
related to Stream · 6
Water wheel → English, John Smeaton, More, Stream, They, This
related to Vertical axis · 6
Water wheel → Commonly, Greek, However, It, Norse, This
is a · 4
Water wheel → headrace, machine for converting the kinetic energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, oldest type of horizontal axis wheel, still extant wheel at the early 13th century Real Monasterio de Nuestra Senora de Rueda
related to Roman Empire · 4
Water wheel → AD, Antipater, Around, Thessalonica

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Water wheelis amachine for converting the kinetic energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power0.90text
Water wheelis aheadrace0.90text
Water wheelis aoldest type of horizontal axis wheel0.90text
Water wheelis astill extant wheel at the early 13th century Real Monasterio de Nuestra Senora de Rueda0.90text
agriculture to ferrous metallurgy in ancient civilizations spanning the Near Eastinstance ofthe one carrying water after it has left the wheel is commonly referred to as a tailrace.Water wheels were used for various purposes from things0.80text
Hellenistic worldinstance ofthe one carrying water after it has left the wheel is commonly referred to as a tailrace.Water wheels were used for various purposes from things0.80text
Chinainstance ofthe one carrying water after it has left the wheel is commonly referred to as a tailrace.Water wheels were used for various purposes from things0.80text
Roman Empireinstance ofthe one carrying water after it has left the wheel is commonly referred to as a tailrace.Water wheels were used for various purposes from things0.80text
Indiainstance ofthe one carrying water after it has left the wheel is commonly referred to as a tailrace.Water wheels were used for various purposes from things0.80text
are found on the Fall Line of the North American East Coastinstance ofhigh-volume flows0.80text
legal codesinstance ofgeared water-raising wheels were introduced from the Islamic world to India.Medieval EuropeEarly medieval EuropeAncient water-wheel technology continued unabated in the early me…0.80text
monastic chartersinstance ofgeared water-raising wheels were introduced from the Islamic world to India.Medieval EuropeEarly medieval EuropeAncient water-wheel technology continued unabated in the early me…0.80text

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