Pelton wheel

noun
Pel·​ton wheel | \ ˈpeltᵊn also -tən-\

Definition of Pelton wheel

: 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

History and Etymology for Pelton wheel

after Lester Allen Pelton †1908 American engineer who invented it

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