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A water wheel is a device that converts the kinetic energy or potential energy of water flow into rotating mechanical energy. In ancient China, water wheels were used as the prime motor of shui dui (water power trip-hammer for husking rice), scoop waterwheel, waterpower roller (for grinding grain), waterpower grinder, boat mill, drainage machinery, water transport astronomical instrument, and so on.
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Huang, X., Zhang, B. (2020). Water Wheel. In: Hua, J., Feng, L. (eds) Thirty Great Inventions of China. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6525-0_11
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