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The wheels were powered by water
Water mills were used to harness the energy of water to turn water wheels which would then turn huge stones that would grind wheat to make flour, corn to make corn meal and other grains into staples.
Windmills!
kinetic energy + elastic energy = electrical energy
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Water wheels or turbines turning generators.
To generate hydroelectricity. But water energy (the potential energy in a head of water) has also been used to turn water wheels for industrial mills and flower mills.
Driving machinery:flour milltextile millwoodworking shopmachine shopthe bellows of a blacksmith shopelectricity generationetc.
water wheels
Usually the water will turn some wheels or turbine; this will then turn a generator, which generates the electricity.
The power to run early grain mills came from hydroelectric energy provided through water wheels.
A mechanism that harnesses the energy in flowing water to grind grain or to power machinery. It was used in many parts of the world but was especially common to Europe from 1200 to 1900.