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Meanings of water wheel in English

Portuguese
roda de água
Catalan
roda hidràulica

A wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine.

roda de água
Usage of water wheel in English
1
Think of it as a leaky aqueduct leading to a water wheel.
The Name of the Wind
2
In 1856 he commenced the manufacture of the French turbine water wheel.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891
3
One water wheel worked the vast number of parts on the machines.
Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
4
There were trees along the stream and a mill with a water wheel.
Men without Women
5
He can only talk about the water wheel to-day and the boilers to-morrow.
The Spinners
6
What could be more natural than to start the water wheel in motion?
The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages
7
There was some kind of water wheel whirling down there.
Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns; Or, Sinking the German U-Boats
8
Some of the older children were doing something to the water wheel-he couldn't tell what.
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
9
Another form of water wheel is shown in Fig.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
10
Every turn of the water wheel, he thought, made more money than his day's wages.
Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 / Devoted to Li...
11
He could barely discern the towering bulk of the water wheel and roofs of the sheds.
The Three Black Pennys: A Novel
12
The power was furnished by the great undershot water wheel.]
A Brief History of the United States
13
For not a great way down the stream were an old water wheel and a dam.
The Bobbsey Twins in the Country
14
The old water wheel was still there.
The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Islands
15
Only the water wheel would be left.
The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages
16
This "new turbine" soon gained for itself a reputation enjoyed by no other water wheel.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891
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