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Poncelet Wheel

An improved type of lightly-constructed undershot waterwheel designed to run fast, fitted with metal buckets curved to a specific pattern; the water is channelled below an inclined sluice; invented by General J V Poncelet in 1824. Explore other types of waterwheel in our Thematic Glossary.

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