Watermill - Wikipedia

The earliest turbine mill was found in Chemtou and Testour, Roman North Africa, dating to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD. A possible water-powered furnace has been identified at Marseille, France.. Mills were commonly used for grinding grain into flour (attested by Pliny the Elder), but industrial uses as fulling and sawing marble were also applied.,Water turbine - Wikipedia,The earliest known water turbines date to the Roman Empire.Two helix-turbine mill sites of almost identical design were found at Chemtou and Testour, modern-day Tunisia, dating to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD.The horizontal water wheel with angled blades was installed at the bottom of a water-filled, circular shaft.Tecnologia della civiltà romana - Wikipedia,La tecnologia Romana è la pratica dell'ingegneria che supportò la civiltà romana, e rese possibile l'espansione del commercio e della forza militare romana per oltre un millennio, se includiamo l'Impero bizantino.. L'Impero romano ebbe alcuni fra i più avanzati mezzi tecnologici del suo tempo, alcuni dei quali andarono perduti durante i periodi turbolenti della tarda antichità e,,,