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Study how a series of gears in a waterwheel translates a stream's energy to a millstone
Before the Industrial Revolution, power came...
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Waterwheel, Hamah, Syria.
© Valery Shanin/Shutterstock.com
Irrigation in Hama
Wooden waterwheels used to irrigate gardens in Hama, Syria.
© Francisco Javier Gil Oreja/Dreamstime.com
Orontes River
Noria on the Orontes River, Hamah, Syria.
Bernard Gagnon
Noria waterwheel and aqueduct, Hamah, Syria.
© rrruss/Fotolia
Waterwheels driven by the force of the river current activate a system of pumps to...
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