danaide
(ˈdæneɪaɪd)
[a. mod.F. danaïde (see prec.): so named in 1813 by a committee of the French Academy of Sciences, to whom it was submitted by the inventor Mannoury d'Ectot, from a fancied analogy to the vessels which the Danaides were required to fill.]
A kind of horizontal water wheel, consisting of a vertical axis to which is attached a conical drum and case, with radial spiral floats; the water is directed against the floats by a chute and escapes at the bottom: also called ‘tub-wheel’.
| 1825 Mech. Mag. IV. 41 Description of the Danaide. 1856 E. Cresy Encycl. Civ. Eng. 959 Danaide..this machine may be classed among hydraulic wheels. |