Noria
device · 300 BC · Ancient world
A water-lifting wheel with buckets turned by the current.
What it is made of
- Water wheel — has part. A wheel turned by the current.
- Water buckets on a wheel — has part. Pots on the rim lift the water.
- Wooden trough — has part. It takes in water at the top and releases it into a channel.
Principles and materials it uses
- Water wheel — uses. The current itself turns the wheel.
- Wood — is made of. A noria is a wooden wheel with buckets.
Where it is used
- Irrigation — is used in. Norias lifted water into canals.
Things built in a similar way
- Sakia — works like. The same buckets, but driven by an animal.