The waterwheel was still and the grindstone silent. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
In height it was taller than even the great waterwheel at Pwygrith. From Wordnik.com. [Running From The Deity]
Along the way he devised some clever improvements on the waterwheel. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
The waterwheel was easily four times Cerryl's height but stood idle. From Wordnik.com. [The White Order]
The water powered a waterwheel that in turn powered his small sawmill. From Wordnik.com. [Niagara Falls] Reference
Between the two buildings runs a millrace with an overshot waterwheel. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Engineer]
"In the meantime, we might think about a good stream and a waterwheel.". From Wordnik.com. [The Towers of the Sunset]
The whole was moved by an overshot waterwheel placed at the Bellevue dock. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures] Reference
That waterwheel was as efficient as any device our engineers could produce. From Wordnik.com. [Chickenhawk]
A large waterwheel was turning under the pressure of the fast-flowing stream. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
I seated them at a good table over the waterwheel, and it drove the guy crazy. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare]
The water spins the magnetic waterwheel past the stator (4) of the field wincing (5). From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: May 30, 2004 - June 5, 2004 Archives] Reference
When it comes to story telling, tension is the water that drives the waterwheel of a book. From Wordnik.com. [it’s hard to walk the highwire with no tension «] Reference
By now, we were approaching the saw; the belts leading from the waterwheel were motionless. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic of Recluce]
Next morning the prince came early to the garden, and found the ox busy with the waterwheel. From Wordnik.com. [The Grey Fairy Book] Reference
The big cat was scratching itself against an obliging tree and purring like an old waterwheel. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Thinking Kingdoms]
The restaurant was an old gristmill with a giant waterwheel, recently renovated with good taste. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare]
In combination with a hydromechanical waterwheel drive, they present an ideal classifying method. From Wordnik.com. [14.1 Jig screen, hand-jigging] Reference
A model of a wind-driven waterwheel used for raising water into the evaporating beds in salt works. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference
The quality of a waterwheel, then, may be judged as much by the sound it makes as by its efficiency. From Wordnik.com. [7. Profiles] Reference
Form of Driving Energy: waterwheel (as for the box Freiberg) blower of above-mentioned dimensions in. From Wordnik.com. [3.1 Bricked brattice, bricked duct] Reference
After about one week the slices are crushed and then ground in a mortar and pestle run by a waterwheel. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 16] Reference
With a total number of some 400000 waterwheels (Saqias), Egypt is still one of the classic waterwheel regions. From Wordnik.com. [7. Profiles] Reference
I remember climbing up the spiral staircase on the the Laxey Wheel the largest working waterwheel in the world. From Wordnik.com. [I'll Love Man...] Reference
Gripping her braid hard, she picked up speed and force as she went along, like a waterwheel with the gears disengaged. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow Rising]
The shaft of the waterwheel was connected, by a set of wooden gears, to the shaft of the grindstone on the upper floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
President Thabo Mbeki frolicked on a waterwheel to show his enthusiasm for a community technology project in Mogalakwena. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I drew in the missing spokes on an old broken waterwheel -- and in a burst of color and flower petals, it sprang back to life. From Wordnik.com. [The Game of Art] Reference
She goes from the bottom right to top right (below rib cage) over to the left side by rolling her thumbs along like a waterwheel. From Wordnik.com. [Baby Massage] Reference
The ancient waterwheel, wrecked during the spring floods, had been replaced by an accurate reproduction, but it would never be the same. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Sang For The Birds]
A rope drive waterwheel powered the spinning mill. From Wordnik.com. [Ledger-Enquirer.com: Breaking News] Reference
"It's only about 60 pounds dry," Buth, 61, says of the waterwheel. From Wordnik.com. [Homepage | INFORUM | Fargo, ND] Reference
"Manjanín" is applied chiefly to the Noria or Persian waterwheel. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
Ceramic pipes were made to carry water from the spring to a waterwheel. From Wordnik.com. [Space Prison] Reference
From there, the water flows down and turns a wooden waterwheel that Buth built himself. From Wordnik.com. [Homepage | INFORUM | Fargo, ND] Reference
Buth built the waterwheel itself about five years ago but assembled the rest of the unit later. From Wordnik.com. [Homepage | INFORUM | Fargo, ND] Reference
And so on the Monday following the waterwheel was set going and the new machinery began to work. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots] Reference
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