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Waterwheel, Hamah, Syria.

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Noria waterwheel and aqueduct, Hamah, Syria.

Waterwheels driven by the force of the river current activate a system of pumps to provide an inland water supply. Engraving from Jakob Leupold's Theatrum Machinarum, 1724–39.

Study how a series of gears in a waterwheel translates a stream's energy to a millstone

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