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225. Persian wheels. Persian wheels are in use in the 

 Malabar coast and in the Punjab. The former (Fig. 43) are 



FIG. 43. PERSIAN WHEEL (RATNAGIRI TYPE). 



of very simple and cheap construction. The type illustrated 

 in the figure is used chiefly at Ratnagiri. A bamboo or 

 wooden drum of light frame-work turns on an axle which 

 rests on two pivots. One is at the top of a strong support 

 fixed in water and the other on the top of another support 

 fixed on dry land. A man sits and turns the drum from the 

 land side, while on the water side of the drum hangs a series 

 of mud vessels which are brought up by the revolution of 

 the drum, carrying water in them and discharging the water 

 into a wooden trough from which it flows out to the field. 

 The drum on the water side is padded on the surface with 

 jute or other fibre which offers a soft cushion to the mud 

 vessels. 



226. Mr. Andrews, a missionary of Chingleput has built 

 a Persian wheel out of old railway rails, over a circular well 

 24 ft. 6 inches in diameter. The rotating drum is 6 ft. in 

 diameter and 3 ft. 8 inches wide and carries a double chain 

 of sheet iron buckets, each holding r8o gallons. The axle is 

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