Pelton wheel

English

Etymology

Invented by Lester Allan Pelton in the 1870s.

Noun

Pelton wheel (plural Pelton wheels)

  1. A form of impulse turbine or water wheel, consisting of a row of double cup-shaped buckets arranged round the rim of a wheel and actuated by one or more jets of water playing into the cups at high velocity.
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