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water power

A form of energy that is created by flowing water sources (such as rivers). The town now uses water power to generate electricity.
See also: power, water
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A city built on waterpower, Lowell, Massachusetts was a major symbol of U.
Waterpower in Lowell; engineering and industry in nineteenth-century America
HCI operates Hydrovision and Waterpower Conferences and Exhibitions and publishes Hydro Review, HRW, and HydroNews.
Norins, PennWell, and Cengage Learning all make strategic acquisitions
HCI operates the HydroVision and Waterpower conferences and exhibitions, as well as the NHA Conference for the National Hydropower Association and the NWHA Conference for the Northwest Hydroelectric Association, and publishes "Hydro Review," "Hydro Review Worldwide" (HRW) and HydroNews.
HCI Publications acquired by PennWell
By the end of the 19th century, the people of Minneapolis had created the country's greatest direct-drive waterpower industrial district.
Navigating the timeless waters of the upper Mississippi
waterpower, tidal power, wave power, wind power, vegetation-produced fuels, methane gas, and so on.
Helene Furjan on eco-logics
Germany has utilised waterpower to produce its compostable biofilms.
Waterpower ensures Alesco is more eco-friendly
Until the invention and mass production of the internal combustion engine, waterpower was king.
Invention, technology, and the GI bill
As a 1905 agreement between the federal government and Ontario notes: "No site suitable for the development of waterpower exceeding 500 horse-power shall be included within the boundaries of any reserve.
Civilized and assimilated: natives are denied power and wealth
We have heavy rainfall on most of our hills (when the Normans arrived they found over 5,000 watermills in operation in England), and this waterpower went on to drive the world's first industrial revolution, a time when far more energy was required to drive machines than we need today.
Brrr, the latest Ice Age is going on; A SENIOR MOMENT Global warming is at the forefront of political and ecological arguments. Here ARTHUR QUARMBY, of Holme, gives his views on the matter and says that we are actually in the middle of an Ice Age that has been going on for many millions of years
Little farmsteads dotted around the lakes up in the hills, artificially created to provide waterpower to mines.
With a little help from their friends, the forgotten mines of Wales get a golden future to go with their very rich past
Charles Stewart, the Minister of the Interior, had been postponing the issuance of the necessary licenses for this development for several months, and Bracken would be adamant that Clause Six of the terms of reference would cover the Seven Sisters waterpower site.
Manitoba and the (long and winding) road to the natural resources transfer agreement
The two other major fuels were coal (19%) and waterpower (22%) (Ontario Power Generation 2005).
How Ontario and Ontario cities are coping with the cost of energy/Comment l'Ontario et les villes de l'Ontario composent avec le cout de l'energie
The poem is deeply significant; according to Jum'a Kareem from the Antiquities department, the use of hydraulic power for grain milling is well known however "archeological remains that could be attributed to such an early use of waterpower for sawing wood or stone, had until now been entirely unknown".
With French expertise'Hydraulic Saw' returns to Jerash
A short circuit in the rotor windings of an electric generator turned by waterpower, or hydrogenerators, can unbalance the massive spinning rotor, with potentially catastrophic consequences.
World-class technologies for R&D and beyond: the 44th Annual R&D 100 Awards honor the world's best innovators and their innovations
For instance, a committee in 1855 was appointed to review a proposal for leasing waterpower to the Alexandria Canal Company, and again in 1869, a committee was selected to investigate a proposal to abandon the C&O and turn its assets and operations over to the corporate bondholders.
The stockholder review committee of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, 1828-1857: evidence of changes in financial reporting and corporate governance
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