Figures | English term | Head | Water power | Efficiency | Flow |
| | h | P | | Q |
| Dimension | m | W | number | m3/s |
2 - 6 | Pot watering | 0.2 - 1.5 | / | / | 0.0003-0.003 |
1 | Transportation | | 1 | 0.05 | |
7 - 9 | Scoop | 0.3 - 0.4 | 8 | 0.1 - 0.3 | 0.001-0.002 |
13 -16 | Swing basket | 0.1 - 1.5 | 16 | 0.2 - 0.3 | 0.001-0.004 |
11 -12 | Swing scoop | 0.3 - 1.0 | 8-20 | 0.3 - 0.4 | 0.001-0.002 |
no Fig. | Swing scoops | 0.3 - 0.5 | 40-80 | 0.4 | 0.010-0.020 |
no Fig. | Heavy swing scoop | 0.1 -0.3 | 6-0 | 0.6 | 0.002-0.003 |
no Fig. | Drawing scoop | 0.1 - 0.2 | 5-8 | 0.4 | 0.002-0.003 |
17, 19 - 20 | The dhoon, the canoe-like counterpoise lift | 0.3 -0.6 | 25-50 | 0.4 - 0.8 | 0.005-0.01 |
18 | The dhoon two men | 0.3 - 0.5 | 50-100 | 0.5 - 0.7 | 0.01-0.03 |
23 - 26 | The shaduf | 1.0 - 2.5 | 10-30 | 0.7 - 0.8 | 0.001-0.0015 |
21 - 22 | Heigh lift bamboo shaduf | 5-7 | 20-30 | 0.8 | 0.0005-0.0007 |
no Fig. | Heigh lift palm trunk shaduf | 2-3 | 40-60 | 0.8 | 0.001-0.0015 |
27 | The picottah | 4-7 | 50-90 | 0.8 | 0.001-0.002 |
151 -153 | The screw | 0.1 - 0.4 | 25 | 0.4 - 0.5 | 0.006-0.025 |
148 -150 | The screw | 0.3 - 0.6 | 60 | 0.5 | 0.012-0.050 |
no Fig. | Scoop wheel | 0.4 - 0.5 | 20-50 | 0.4 | 0.005-0.015 |
no Fig. | Scoop wheel | 0.1 - 0.5 | 10-20 | 0.5 | 0.005-0.015 |
no Fig. | Indian tread wheel | 2-3 | 20-30 | 0.6 | 0.002-0.0005 |
no Fig. | Dragonbone | 0.2 - 0.5 | 40-60 | 0.6 | 0.004-0.01 |
no Fig. | Handpumps | 2-6 | 20-30 | 0.4 | 0.0006-0.001 |
159 | Chain pump | 5-7 | 30-50 | 0.5 | 0.0008-0.001 |
113 -119 and 124 -130 | Power through a right angel wooden gear to a potgarland. Sâqiya. | 3-5 | 40-60 | 0.4 - 0.6 | 0.0008-0.0013 |
3-7 | 60-100 | 0.5 - 0.7 | 0.001-0.0025 |
3-7 | 200 | 0.5 - 0.7 | 0.003-0.004 |
85 - 98 | The Dulab or The noria de sangre | 3-5 | 60-120 | 0.5 - 0.7 | 0.001-0.002 |
113 | The Nar | 3-7 | 150-200 | 0.6 - 0.8 | 0.003-0.004 |
120 -123 | The Persian Wheel | 3-7 | 250-300 | 0.6 - 0.8 | 0.004-0.006 |
99 - 106 | Heigh lift wooden gear with iron bucket chain | 3-7 | 100 | 0.6 - 0.7 | 0.001-0.002 |
131 - 135 | 3-7 | 200 | 0.6 - 0.7 | 0.002-0.004 |
138 - 142 | 7-10 | 300 | 0.6 - 0.8 | 0.003-0.004 |
143 - 147 | Spiral scoop wheel or the sâqiya of iron. The tanabish in Egypt | 0.4 - 0.5 | 70-100 | 0.4 - 0.6 | 0.015-0.025 |
143 - 147 | 0.5 - 0.7 | 100-200 | 0.5 - 0.7 | 0.01-0.04 |
143 - 147 | 0.6 - 0.8 | 250-300 | 0.5 - 0.7 | 0.03-0.05 |
no Fig. | Archimedian screw with gear box | 0.3 - 0.5 | 50 | 0.4 - 0.5 | 0.01-0.02 |
157 - 161 | China chain pump | 6 - 10 | 100-150 | 0.6 - 0.7 | 0.001-0.003 |
The liberation wheel | 8 - 12 | 200-300 | 0.6 - 0.7 | 0.002-0.004 |
28 - 32 | The sack and pulley device | 3 - 6 | 50-100 | 0.5 - 0.6 | 0.001-0.003 |
The mothe | 3 - 6 | 50-200 | 0.5 - 0.6 | 0.002-0.004 |
The delu | 10 - 30 | 100-200 | 0.5 - 0.8 | 0.001-0.002 |
33 - 62 | Water-lifting wheel | 3 - 4 | 20 | 0.3 | 0.0005-0.0006 |
Hydraulic noria in the Islamic World | 12 - 13 | 100 | 0.3 | 0.002 |
26 - 28 | 1000 | 0.3 | 0.004 |