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Pelton wheel
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Pelton wheel [ˈpɛltən]
n
(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a type of impulse turbine in which specially shaped buckets mounted on the perimeter of a wheel are struck by a fast-flowing water jet
[named after L. A. Pelton (1829-1908), US engineer who invented it]
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