Pelton wheel
noun
Pel·ton wheel
ˈpeltᵊn also -tən-
: an impulse turbine or waterwheel consisting of a row of double cup-shaped buckets arranged around the rim of a wheel and actuated by one or more jets of water playing into the cups at high velocity
Word History
Etymology
after Lester Allen Pelton †1908 American engineer who invented it
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