flutter wheel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flutter wheel
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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It was run at first with a small flutter wheel, which was replaced by a an overshot wheel, 30 feet; that by another, 45 feet, and that by one 50 feet in diameter.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by William Henry Carman Folsom
Knowing something of machinery, the American remedied the defect by means of a flutter wheel, and there was no more trouble.
From History of California by Helen Elliott Bandini
The first wheel used was a flutter wheel, which, not proving satisfactory, was replaced by an overshot with buckets.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by William Henry Carman Folsom
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