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![[Complex machine using water-wheel, bellows, and turbine action]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1ODgvMDEvMDEvY29tcGxleC1tYWNoaW5lLXVzaW5nLXdhdGVyLXdoZWVsLWJlbGxvd3MtYW5kLXR1cmJpbmUtYWN0aW9uLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/440/jpg "[Complex machine using water-wheel, bellows, and turbine action]")
![[Cut-away view of water-powered mill showing horizontal wheel with paddles, cog and shafts, and housing]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjMvY3V0LWF3YXktdmlldy1vZi13YXRlci1wb3dlcmVkLW1pbGwtc2hvd2luZy1ob3Jpem9udGFsLXdoZWVsLXdpdGgtcGFkZGxlcy1jb2ctYzZlYjFjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Cut-away view of water-powered mill showing horizontal wheel with paddles, cog and shafts, and housing]")
![[Ironclad vessel with rudder and paddlewheel]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2NjQvMDEvMDEvaXJvbmNsYWQtdmVzc2VsLXdpdGgtcnVkZGVyLWFuZC1wYWRkbGV3aGVlbC02NDAuanBn/40/23/webp "[Ironclad vessel with rudder and paddlewheel]")
![[Paddle wheel mechanism of side-wheel steamer]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTMvMDEvMDEvcGFkZGxlLXdoZWVsLW1lY2hhbmlzbS1vZi1zaWRlLXdoZWVsLXN0ZWFtZXItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/17/webp "[Paddle wheel mechanism of side-wheel steamer]")
![[Old mill with waterwheel] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvb2xkLW1pbGwtd2l0aC13YXRlcndoZWVsLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Old mill with waterwheel] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.")
![[The Combination Shaft, from the Water Flume]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn25/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWNvbWJpbmF0aW9uLXNoYWZ0LWZyb20tdGhlLXdhdGVyLWZsdW1lLTgzNTEwMi02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[The Combination Shaft, from the Water Flume]")
![[Rene Planche, Inventr of "Volumetric" Turbine]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzE5NjcvMTIvMzEvcmVuZS1wbGFuY2hlLWludmVudHItb2Ytdm9sdW1ldHJpYy10dXJiaW5lLWU3NzQxMi02NDAuanBn/40/55/webp "[Rene Planche, Inventr of \"Volumetric\" Turbine]")
