Peltonn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛlt(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈpɛlt(ə)n/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Pelton.

Etymology: < the name of Lester A. Pelton (1829–1908), U.S. engineer, who invented this type of waterwheel.

attributive. Designating a type of undershot waterwheel driven by one or more jets of water directed at buckets fixed to the rim.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > driven by water

waterwheel1408

flood-wheel1515

breast wheel1744

overshot1760

undershot wheel1760

breast-shot1775

bucket-wheel1797

tub-wheel1815

flutter-wheel1817

danaide1825

wheel1842

reaction waterwheel1847

reaction wheel1852

tide-wheel1864

hurdy-gurdy1868

stream-wheel1875

paddle wheela1884

Pelton1885

turbine-pump1900

1885 Engineering 30 Oct. 433 The Pelton wheel is said to have used 162·98 cubic feet of water a minute, and to have given 107·49 horse-power, showing an efficiency of 90·2 per cent.

1916 J. Park Text.-bk. Pract. Hydraulics xiv. 242 A Pelton water-wheel 3 feet in diameter, formed of a solid steel disc with phosphor-bronze buckets riveted to the rim, is working in California under a head of 2100 feet.

1959 L. Sprague de Camp Engines 9 In places where the available water exerts great pressure but does not have much volume, another kind of water wheel, the Pelton wheel, is used instead of a turbine.

1996 Beautiful Brit. Columbia Fall 38 (caption) Hugh Elliot poses in front of the Argenta Water Power Company building, which holds a Pelton wheel he established to provide Argenta with electricity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pelton
释义	Peltonn. Brit. /ˈpɛlt(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈpɛlt(ə)n/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Pelton. Etymology: < the name of Lester A. Pelton (1829–1908), U.S. engineer, who invented this type of waterwheel. attributive. Designating a type of undershot waterwheel driven by one or more jets of water directed at buckets fixed to the rim. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > driven by water waterwheel1408 flood-wheel1515 breast wheel1744 overshot1760 undershot wheel1760 breast-shot1775 bucket-wheel1797 tub-wheel1815 flutter-wheel1817 danaide1825 wheel1842 reaction waterwheel1847 reaction wheel1852 tide-wheel1864 hurdy-gurdy1868 stream-wheel1875 paddle wheela1884 Pelton1885 turbine-pump1900 1885 Engineering 30 Oct. 433 The Pelton wheel is said to have used 162·98 cubic feet of water a minute, and to have given 107·49 horse-power, showing an efficiency of 90·2 per cent. 1916 J. Park Text.-bk. Pract. Hydraulics xiv. 242 A Pelton water-wheel 3 feet in diameter, formed of a solid steel disc with phosphor-bronze buckets riveted to the rim, is working in California under a head of 2100 feet. 1959 L. Sprague de Camp Engines 9 In places where the available water exerts great pressure but does not have much volume, another kind of water wheel, the Pelton wheel, is used instead of a turbine. 1996 Beautiful Brit. Columbia Fall 38 (caption) Hugh Elliot poses in front of the Argenta Water Power Company building, which holds a Pelton wheel he established to provide Argenta with electricity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1885
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