Sentence example with the word 'noria'

noria

Definition n. a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim

Last update: July 31, 2015


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It was probably suggested to Ctesibius by the Egyptian Wheel or Noria, which was common at that time, and which was a kind of chain pump, consisting of a number of earthen pots carried round by a wheel.   [Please select]

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14) similar to the Alfonsine mercury "escapement," a wheel of slanting tubes constructed like the noria (see fig.   [Please select]

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That hauling machines of some complexity, Archimedian screws and a kind of noria, were used by the Romans for dewatering mines has been known for some time.   [Please select]

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