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Meanings of water wheel in inglês

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

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        Usage of water wheel in inglês
        1
        Think of it as a leaky aqueduct leading to a water wheel.
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        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.
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        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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