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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 ...
Schematic diagram of an overshot water wheel. Date: 11 March 2007 (original upload date) (Original text: March 11, 2007) Source: Transferred from to Commons. (Original text: Original artwork by Daniel M. Short) Author: The original uploader was DanMS at English Wikipedia. (Original text: Daniel M. Short) Other versions
Pitchback water wheel schematic.svg: Overshot water wheel schematic.svg: Author: Pitchback_water_wheel_schematic.svg: *Pitchback_water_wheel_schematic.png: KVDP; Overshot_water_wheel_schematic.svg: The original uploader was DanMS at English Wikipedia. (Original text: Daniel M. Short) derivative work: Apde (talk)
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This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Breastshot_water_wheel_schematic.png licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0 . 2009-09-30T08:26:41Z KVDP 2000x2067 (465904 Bytes) {{Information |Description={{en|1=A schematic of a breastshot waterwheel.
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In the Malkus waterwheel, a constant flow of water pours in at the top bucket of a simple circular symmetrical waterwheel and the base of each bucket is perforated to allow the outflow of water. At low rates of inflow, the wheel rolls permanently in the same direction.
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