paddlewheel

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The employee at the plant in Greeley fell into the vat March 27 while trying to install a paddlewheel used to churn the chemicals, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2021

Jerry leaves us riverside as Victoriaand I board this paddlewheel vessel for a three-hour tour up the Chena River.

From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 2017

Figure 6.54 To visualize curl at a point, imagine placing a small paddlewheel into the vector field at a point.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Steel Corporation-built steam engine and multi-ton white oak paddlewheel is part of the pleasure of visiting this old French city of New Orleans, so associated with steamboats and the Deep South.

From US News • Apr. 12, 2015

A riverboat’s paddlewheel churned above me, swirling the silt around.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan