Posted on May 17, 2016
Inglenook Water Wheel Electrical Generator
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On May 17, 1839, Lorenzo Adkins patented a waterwheel (#1,154). http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blwaterwheel.htm
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell - Sergeant; The overshot waterwheel has been known since around 100 BC and you couldn't get a patent on it anywhere in the world EXCEPT in the US (simply because you couldn't prove that you actually invented it).
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