The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-09-28
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chtlis' NcClsim Niie"i -. riitlN pui,''i',.
They have been severely tested wuh tie iuusi
approved non and wood wheels aud ~ Al, ca.cs
when property put ~, have proved their ~nperi-
orty.
The following are some IT ia ,vtntage- we
claim Tor the wheel.
lst, They will give as great per cent of power
OF the water a. any other wheel at much lass
cost
I'd, They are placed inside the fume. near the
surface of the water, consequently they occupy
no space outside the hume, and are easily access
sble.
dered by ice.
4th, They are not liable to obstruction by
leaves, sticks, saw-d nst, &c, nor to be brokenby
anything getting into them.
9th, They can be run without gearing. getting
the power entirely with belts, and are equally np-
plicable to horizontal or to upright shafts.
9th, They can be so constructed as to perform
any number of revolutions up to 5000 per minute
and hence are peculiarly adapted to work re-
quiring high speed at the same time being eqally
applicable to all other uses.
The wheels when sold are complete with shaft,
frame and driving pulley, ready to belt onto, and
can be afforded at less price than any o:her
wheels now in use. We should be happy TO hear
from parties in want of wheels and for the sake
OF introducing them we will personally examine
privileges and put in the wheels Mt our own risk
and If they do not perform us we say will
take them out and no questions asked. For fur
ther particulars address
GROVER 4 HARRINGTON, Sole Agents
Eagle Iron Foundry and Machine Shop,
Bennington, W.
The following are the certificates of some of
those now using the weeels
ONCE RE.-Having just put in operation ne
of our Excelsior Water Wheels at home, where
we could fairly test its power and call in our best
known and most experienced practical men to
witness its operation, we would submit the fol-
lowing:
Bennington, June 4th, 1863.
MEssRs. GRovER& HARRINoToN-Gentlem
In answer to your inquiries relative to the tests
applied by use to the Fairchilds Excelsior Water
Wheel recently put IT. operrton in mill, we
would say, LIST, As to it's operation We are per-
iectly satisfied, and as to its merits as Il reliable
cheap and economical motive power, the follow
ing facts and figures based upon accurate exper-
mental knowledge will fully demonstrate. We
were running a muley saw under 8 feet head and
fall with twenty-five Issue Re active Wheel,
using 225 inches Of water. The Excelsior Wheel
unde, the same head and fall stands feet below
the other wheel under the disadvantage of the
flood of water from i: and uses 209 inches Of
water.
The Excelsior Water wheel attached to az la
inch circular saw cuts board IA feet long and
wide in one minute, AT the same time driving a
"a inch cutting Off saw. The muley saw cuts the
same length aud width in g minutes, using rs
inches more water.-Ihus making difference Of
$500 feet pei day Of 10 hours in favor vi the Ey
cesior Wheel with less water.
We have full confidence that there is power
enough in the Fairchild Wheel to do its present
work and also drive the muley saw, theI sby saw
ing 100 per cent, of the whole quantity of water
used by both wheels. Yours respectfully,
X. FISK 4 son
We the undersigned having witnessed the tests
applied to the above wheels by the sawysrs OF K.
Fisk Il Son, cheerfully endorse the correctness
of the above statements. Very respectfully
BENTON & JONES, Paper mill,
II. E. BRADFORD, Knitting mil
GEO. LOCKWOOD, Oil Mill,
JAMES II. BENNETT, Back smith shop
JAMES SIBLEf, Planning mill,
F. r. ROWSE, Planning mill,
Joliet, ILL.,, June IL, 1859.
Ueo. W. p. Bownson Esq, Chicago, ILL.,
DERR SIn:-l write to inform you that the
Excelsior Water Wheel you put in for me in the
month Of March last, works beyond my expec-
tation. 1t runs under ten feet head and fall
using less water and giving more power than any
wheel ever saw. 1t runs 700 revolutions pei
mnuts when ut labor. ! am able to run my
Farrare Planning Mill 5000 revolutions per min.
ute with only one counter shaft ! have not had
occasion to look at the wheel since it was put
" SHr hume Eau shSad you P heSs fhy h,i Inn u
| call down and see my wheel Or should you
meet any one who thinks he is owner of a better
wheel OF any kind which can excel mine please
| invite him to call upon me, and he shall have
free scope To test it, Tor | am candid enough to
say, that the man does not live who can make a
wheel which will beat mine. ! on can put this
letter to such use as You may see fit.
Yours respectfully, NJ. J. KING.
One Of the Fairchd "a inch single wheels may
be seen running at Dowagiac, Mich, under two
feet eight inches head and full Of water, for the
purpose of running II WoodswOrths Planning Ma
chine. The wheel runs $50 revolutions per min
ute, and gives ~ horse power. Yours, &c.
l62m GEO. W. L. BOWNSON.