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It converts the energy of the flow of water into something more useful. The water wheel can turn a wheel which grinds corn, grain, etc. More modern uses are to converting the energy into electricity.
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The benefits of water wheels?
Water wheels were used to generate power during the Industrial Revolution. Water wheels can also aerate the water in a pond. A water could be used to generate power to run a windmill.
What did the wheels of the steamboat do?
The wheels pushed against the water which propelled the boat forward.
When was the irrigation system invented?
Irrigation systems have been used for several thousand years. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were irrigated with water wheels that pumped water into the elevated gardens.
When and where was hydro energy first invented?
The Romans in Rome had water clocks, powered by running streams by the end of the 1st Century. They also used water wheels to power sawmills, crush ore, mill corn and pump water for their aqueducts.
Are hydraulics on airplanes?
Yes. They are used in wheels and...stuff....
The benefits of water wheels?
Water wheels were used to generate power during the Industrial Revolution. Water wheels can also aerate the water in a pond. A water could be used to generate power to run a windmill.
How water wheels were used int he middle ages in drive a mill to grind flour?
The wheels were powered by water
Where did the European settlers build their water wheels?
European settlers built there water wheels near the fall line The used the water power of the waterfalls to run machines in factories.
Devices used by early industrialists to convert water power into machine power?
Water wheels
In a hydroelectric dam the movement of a river is used to spin many wheels. The wheels are called turbines. The spinning is used to make electricity. What is the source of this renewable energy?
Water?
Where are there still water wheels in Cape Town?
Water wheels were used in earlier years to perform a number of tasks from raising water to grinding wheat. Josephine s Mill in Newlands contains a restored example of a water wheel
What are different uses of wheels?
Wheels are used for many different things. They are used for moving things, such as vehicles, wheelbarrows, tractors, and more. They are also used in pulleys, gears, and water wheels. For fun, the Wheel of Fortune uses a wheel for spinning to win prizes.
What was used in the preelectronic period for power supply?
Steam engines, water wheels, etc.
How long have waterwheels been used?
water wheels have been around since the romans!
What energy source was first used to power textile maufacturing plants?
water wheels
How long has hydro power been used?
Millenia, The Romans used water wheels to operate pumping mechanisms for aqueducts, and the Chinese used water systems to irrigate fields.
What is a water wheel?
The water runs into cups and the wheel rotates under the weight of it
