Which Leonardo da Vinci design used a large wheel to lift water?

Leonardo da Vinci designed water-wheel mechanisms that used a large wheel to lift or move water.

A water wheel converts the energy of moving or falling water into mechanical motion. Leonardo studied and drew many machines involving water, including wheels, pumps, canals, and devices for raising water. In a lifting arrangement, buckets or containers attached around a wheel could carry water upward as the wheel turned.

Leonardo did not invent the water wheel. Water wheels had been used for centuries before his lifetime in Europe and the ancient world. His contribution was his systematic analysis and redesign of machines, with detailed studies of motion, gearing, force, and practical construction.

The water wheel should not be confused with the water screw, another lifting device associated with Leonardo’s engineering studies. A wheel carries water through repeated rotation, while a screw raises water along a helical channel.