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A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. ... The Greeks invented the two main components of watermills, the waterwheel and toothed gearing, ...
Vertical axis water mill A horizontal wheel with a vertical axle. Commonly called a tub wheel , Norse mill or Greek mill , [ 10 ] [ 11 ] the horizontal wheel is a primitive and inefficient form of the modern turbine.
The watermill, as the first machine harnessing natural forces (apart from the sail) and as such holding a special place in the history of technology, [1] was invented by Greek engineers sometime between the 3rd and 1st centuries BC.
The invention of the watermill is a question open to scholarly discussion, [5] but is generally agreed to have occurred in the ancient Near East, [5] [6] either before [6] or during the Hellenistic period. [7]
A tide mill is a water mill driven by tidal rise and fall. A dam with a sluice is created across a suitable tidal inlet, or a section of river estuary is made into a reservoir . As the tide comes in, it enters the mill pond through a one-way gate, and this gate closes automatically when the tide begins to fall.
The sāqiyah might, according to Ananda Coomaraswamy, have been invented in India, where the earliest reference to it is found in the Panchatantra (c. 3rd century BCE), where it was known as an araghaṭṭa; [21] which is a combination or the words ara (speedy or a spoked[wheel]) and ghaṭṭa "pot" [22] in Sanskrit.
Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 – 3 August 1792) was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution.He is credited as the driving force behind the development of the spinning frame, known as the water frame after it was adapted to use water power; and he patented a rotary carding engine to convert raw cotton to 'cotton lap' prior to spinning.
The Barbegal aqueduct and mills was a Roman watermill complex located on the territory of the commune of Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône, near the town of Arles, in southern France. The complex has been referred to as "the greatest known concentration of mechanical power in the ancient world " and the 16 overshot wheels are considered to be the ...