1) Ancient Egyptian technology 2) Bucket wheel 3) Bucketed water wheel 4) Irrigation apparatus 5) Irrigation contraption 6) Irrigation device 7) Old time bucket device 8) Oriental water wheel 9) Persian water wheel 10) Water device of the Orient 11) Water wheel 12) Water wheel used in Persia 13) Water wheel used in Spain
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A noria (ناعورة, nā‘ūra, from ܢܥܘܪܐ, nā‘urā) is a machine for lifting water into a small aqueduct, either for the purpose of irrigation or, in at least one known instance, to feed seawater into a saltern. ==Types== There are three types of noria. The most common examples consist of a vertical wheel which is slung with a chain of...
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• (n.) A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel. • (n.) A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and c...
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(from the article `technology, history of`) ...of Europe until after the Roman period. Elsewhere, in the drier climates of North Africa and Spain, the Romans were responsible for extensive ...
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No'ri·a noun [ Spanish , from Arabic
nā'...ra .] A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian whe...
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n] - a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim
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noun a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel
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a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the Orient for raising water.
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