Paddle wheel

…Also called a paddle steamer. A ship equipped with a waterwheel-like device called a paddle wheel (previously called a paddle wheel, but now the technical term paddle wheel is more widely used) for propulsion. Steamships that came into practical use in America in the early 19th century were paddle ships powered by steam engines, and the Clermont, which R. Fulton successfully operated commercially on the Hudson River, was also a paddle ship equipped with a Watt steam engine. A paddle wheel has a structure similar to a waterwheel, and is turned by the rotary motion of the steam engine inside the ship, which pushes the ship forward by paddling the water. …

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…外輪船ともいう。推進用に外車paddle wheel(以前は外輪と呼ばれたが，現在，専門用語としては外車が広く用いられる)と呼ばれる水車のような装置を備えた船。19世紀の初頭にアメリカで実用化された蒸気船は，蒸気機関で動かされる外車船であり，R.フルトンがハドソン川で営業運航に成功したクラモント号も，ワットの蒸気機関を積んだ外車船であった。外車は水車に似た構造をしており，船内の蒸気機関の回転運動によって回し，これで水をかきながら船を前進させる。…

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