What did Water-Powered Multiple Mill look like?

A large central waterwheel connected via gear transmission shafts to eight surrounding millstones. When the waterwheel rotates, all millstones operate in synchrony.

How did Water-Powered Multiple Mill work?

Water drives central waterwheel → large gear meshes with surrounding small gears → each gear shaft drives the upper millstone → all eight mills work simultaneously.

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Water-Powered Multiple Mill

A single waterwheel driving eight millstones simultaneously through a gear linkage system.

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Scientific Principle

Gear-linkage transmission system: one power source distributes motion to multiple working ends through multi-stage gearing.

水转连磨

Water-Powered Multiple Mill

Scientific Principle

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