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Pelton wheel

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Pelton wheel

Summary

Pelton wheel ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (708 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Pelton wheel is credited with the discovery of Lester Allan Pelton[2].
  • Lester Allan Pelton is named after Pelton wheel[3].
  • Pelton wheel is a type of water turbine[4].
  • Pelton wheel is a type of Q2646094[5].
  • Pelton wheel's Commons category is recorded as Pelton wheels[6].
  • Pelton wheel's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1878[7].
  • Pelton wheel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pelton wheels[8].
  • Pelton wheel's Commons gallery is recorded as Pelton-Turbine[9].
  • Pelton wheel's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as generator:type=pelton_turbine[10].
  • Pelton wheel's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include water turbine[4] and Q2646094[5].

Origins

Lester Allan Pelton is named after Pelton wheel[3].

Why It Matters

Pelton wheel ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (708 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Olea · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2076926
    Iate entry id → ['1150547', '1376461']
    Subclass of → —
    Named after → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P935]]: Pelton-Turbine, Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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