Discover the wonder of the water wheel

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Ever wonder where this magazine gets its name? The Water Wheel magazine is named for one of the most powerful and enduring innovations since the history of man. The humble water wheel has been credited for being the inspiration behind cogs and gears – the basic building stone of almost all modern machinery. Everybody knows that water is life – without water we will have nothing to drink, we cannot grow food or keep healthy and clean. But history has shown us that we can also use water for other purposes – water can also be used to create power and drive industry. Before there were mighty coal-fired and hydroelectric power stations, before even the power of steam was discovered, people understood the power of water. They learned to harness this power through the water wheel. A water wheel can basically be described as a device that uses flowing or falling water to create power by means of a set of paddles or buckets nmounted around a wheel.

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