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Animal-drawn, geared, horizontal wheel, called noria in Spain. The wheel engages a vertical wheel fitted with an endless chain of buckets to raise well water to the surface. Wherever adopted ...
Subjects: Medieval and Renaissance History (500 to 1500).
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