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TURBINE Water-wheel
MANTLE A penstock for a water wheel.
WATER WHEEL A wheel for raising water; a noria, or the like.
START The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket.
STAVING A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel.
AEROHYDRODYNAMIC Acting by the force of air and water; as, an aerohydrodynamic wheel.
GUIDE A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the wheel buckets.
WREST A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.
HURDY-GURDY In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
WATER MOTOR A water wheel; especially, a small water wheel driven by water from a street main.
PADDLE One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel.
RACE The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race.
UNDERSHOT Moved by water passing beneath; -- said of a water wheel, and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel.
VENTILATE To provide with a vent, or escape, for air, gas, etc.; as, to ventilate a mold, or a water-wheel bucket.
FEATHER The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.
MILLDAM A dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the water to a height sufficient to turn a mill wheel.
PENSTOCK A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses.
SHROUD One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
WICKET A small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied, or by which the amount of water passing to a water wheel is regulated.
BACKBOARD A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel.
BUCKET One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddle wheel.
PROPELLER A contrivance for propelling a steam vessel, usually consisting of a screw placed in the stern under water, and made to revolve by an engine; a propeller wheel.
CHUTE A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
DANAIDE A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.
BAY A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc.
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