Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wheel made like an overshot water-wheel, with buckets upon its circumference.
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Inside the lower was the motive source, a great scoop-wheel using water and turning all the shafts working the various devices....
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Inside the lower was the motive source, a great scoop-wheel using water and turning all the shafts working the various devices....
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The apparatus for removing the water is of several kinds, including a scoop-wheel, the screw of
Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim Oliver Optic 1859
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