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In the mid to late 18th century Jhon Smeaton’s scientificant increases in efficiency,
supplying much needed power for the industrial revolution.
Water wheels began being displaced by the smaller, less expensive and more efficient
turbine developed by Benoit Fourneynon, beginning with his first model in 1827
turbines are capable of handling high heads, or elevations, that exceed the capability of
practical sized water wheel.
The main difficult of water wheel is their dependence on flowing water, which limits
where they can be viewed as the descendants of the water wheel ,as they too take
advantage of the movement of water downhill.
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