This article was originally published with the title “ The Pelton Wheel with Multiple Nozzle ” in SA Supplements Vol. 33 No. 843supp (February 1892), p. 13466 doi:10.1038 ...

Turbine flow design has changed little since their invention in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries due to the simplicity and power of these devices to extract energy from the movement of a ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Pelton Water Wheel and Motor ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 65 No. 15 (October 1891), p. 230 doi:10.1038 ...

The Pelton Water Wheel, patented in 1889, was described by Thomas Edison as the “Eighth Wonder of the World” and is used today.

The Pelton wheel, conceived by Lester Pelton in the 1870’s, is an energy extraction device. Its working principle and design are simple: characterised by a series of distinctive reaction cups, to ...