A report on Hydropower
Use of falling or fast-running water to produce electricity or to power machines.
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Niagara Falls
1 linksGroup of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States.
Group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States.
Augustus and Peter Porter purchased this area and all of American Falls in 1805 from the New York state government, and enlarged the original canal to provide hydraulic power for their gristmill and tannery.
Arab Agricultural Revolution
0 linksThe transformation in agriculture from the 8th to the 13th century in the Islamic region of the Old World.
The transformation in agriculture from the 8th to the 13th century in the Islamic region of the Old World.
During the period, irrigated cultivation developed due to the growing use of animal power, water power and wind power.
Sawmill
0 linksFacility where logs are cut into lumber.
Facility where logs are cut into lumber.
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By the 11th century, hydropowered sawmills were in widespread use in the medieval Islamic world, from Islamic Spain and North Africa in the west to Central Asia in the east.
Water
0 linksInorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a solvent ).
Inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a solvent ).
Hydroelectricity is electricity obtained from hydropower.
Ismail al-Jazari
0 linksPolymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, artisan, artist and mathematician from the Artuqid Dynasty of Jazira in Mesopotamia.
Polymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, artisan, artist and mathematician from the Artuqid Dynasty of Jazira in Mesopotamia.
Al-Jazari also constructed a water-raising saqiya chain pump which was run by hydropower rather than manual labour, though the Chinese were also using hydropower for chain pumps prior to him.
Water engine
0 linksPositive-displacement engine, often closely resembling a steam engine with similar pistons and valves, that is driven by water pressure.
Positive-displacement engine, often closely resembling a steam engine with similar pistons and valves, that is driven by water pressure.
In the nineteenth century, the terms hydraulic motor and hydraulic engine often implied reference to any motor driven by liquid pressure, including water motors and water engines used in hydropower, but today mentions of hydraulic motors, unless otherwise specified, usually refer more specifically to those that run on hydraulic fluid in the closed hydraulic circuits of hydraulic machinery.
Saint Anthony Falls
0 linksOnly natural major waterfall on the Mississippi River.
Only natural major waterfall on the Mississippi River.
As Minneapolis (and its former neighbor across the river, St. Anthony) developed, the water power at the falls became a source of power for several industries including textile mills, wool, machinery, paper, and wood products, of which the North Star Woolen Mill was successful.