Water mill

Japanese: water mill(英語表記)watermill
Water mill

…In this sense, a water wheel corresponds to the English word water wheel. Facilities that use water wheels to power flour mills and other such purposes are also collectively called water wheels, but these are distinguished by the English term water mill.
【history】

[Europe]
The origin of the waterwheel is unknown, but there are two types: vertical (axle horizontal) and horizontal (axle vertical); the horizontal type may have appeared first because of its simpler structure (Figure 1).

*Some of the terminology that mentions "water mill" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この意味の水車は英語のwater wheelにあたる。製粉等の動力に水車を用いた施設も水車と総称されるが,こちらは英語ではwater millと呼んで区別される。
【歴史】

[ヨーロッパ]
 水車の起源は不明だが,型式としては,垂直型(車軸は水平)と水平型(車軸は垂直)の二つがあり,水平型のほうが構造が簡単だから最初に現れたのかもしれない(図1)。…

※「water mill」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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