The Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake, begins on January 29. Also called Spring Festival, this annual celebration is observed by many Asian cultures. This comes after the Florida Surgeon General ...

Hydropower generation using water wheels is an ancient yet effective method of harnessing energy from flowing water. Water wheels convert the kinetic energy of moving water into mechanical energy ...

The two kinds of wheels, center-vent and circumferential vent, are commonly called " turbines." The water passes through the buckets of the former from the outside to the inside ; through the ...

The accompanying engravings represent a horizontal, center-vent water wheel invented by James Martin, of Florence, Ala , which is now in use by the patentee, driving a cotton mill, and working in ...

This is "Mr.Trash Wheel" – a water wheel in Baltimore that removes rubbish from the river. The water wheel is powered by the river's current, which lifts rubbish and debris from the water and ...

This wheel can pump water to villages over a mile away. It can pump 43,000 litres of water a day. Pumps already operate in 12 different countries, including Nepal, Indonesia, Spain, and Zambia.