Eksempler på paddle wheel

• A recessed stern paddle wheel provided propulsion, powered by a wood-burning steam boiler engine.

• For very strong shaking, the vanes of the paddle wheel interacted with the gas, forming a convection roll, sustaining their rotation.

• An engine rotates the paddle wheel in the water to produce thrust, forward or backward as required.

• They also made large mechanical puppet theatres driven by waterwheels and carriage wheels and wine-serving automatons driven by paddle wheel boats.

• The smaller hull supports the axle of the paddle wheel which rotates in the river.

• The typical paddle wheel steamship was powered by a coal burning engine that required firemen to shovel the coal to the burners.

• Each paddle wheel was driven by an individual electric motor, giving outstanding maneuverability.

• The force of the water would strike a simple paddle wheel set horizontally in line with the water.