The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-08-03
TO MILL OW ERS,
and those interested In
W ATER PO w FIR

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THE subscribers would sail the attention of
those interested in Water Wheels TO the Fair
childs' Excelsior Wheel recently patented.
They have been severely tested with the most
approved iron and wood wheels, and in al cases
when properly put in, have proved their superb
ority.
the following are some OF tn q ivantOges we
claim Tor the wheel
LIST, They will give as great per cent Of power
of the water as any other wheel, at much less
cost.
I'd, They are placed inside The flume, near the
surface Of the water, consequently they occupy
no space outside the fume, aud are easily Access
sble.
Sd, They IRE never affected by frost nor hin.
dered BY ice.
4th, They are not liable to obstruction by
leaves sticks, saw-dnst, &c, nor to be broken BY
anything getting into them.
9Th, They can be run without gearing, getting
the power entirely with belts, and are equally APP
plicable TO horizontal or 10 uprigh' SHAFTS.
9th, They can be 30 constructed as 10 perform
any number of revolutions up to 5000 per minute
and hence are peculiarly adapted 70 work re-
quiring high speet, at the same time being eqally
APP ,icable TO ul other uses.
The wheels when sold are complete with shaft,
frame and driving pulley, ready to belt onto, and
can be Afforded Ut less price than any her
wheels now in use. We should be happy 10 hear
from parties III want Of wheels and for the sake
Of introducing them we will personally examine
privileges and put in the wheels at our own risk
and if they do not perform as we say we will
cake them Il, and no questions asked. For fur
Their particulars address
GROVER g. HARRINGTON, Sole Agents,
Eagle Iron Foundry and Machine Shop,
Bennington VT
The following are the certificates Of some Of
those now usirg the weeels
ONCE MoRE Having just put il operation ne
Of our Excelsior Water " heels at home, where
we could fairy test its power und ca in our best
known and most experienced practical map TO
witness its operation, we would submit the fol-
lowing;
Bennington, June 9TH, 1868.
MrssRs. GRoyER j. HARRIs0TOS-Gentleme
in answer 10 your inquiries relative to the test:
applied by use 10 the Fairchilds' Excelsior Water
Wheel recently put IL operrtion in our mill, we
would say, lst, As TO It's operation we are per-
fectly satisfied, and as TO its merits az reliable
cheap and economical motive power, the follow
Ing facts and figures based upon accurate eSper.
mental knowledge will fully demonstrate. We
were running muley saw under feet head aud
fall with Twenty Two Issue Re 'G;tive Wheel,
using 225 inches Of water The Excelsior Wheel
under the same head and fall stands feet below
the other wheel under the disadvantage of the
hood Of water nom /; and uses 20S inches of
water,
T'hs Excelsior Watsr - tsel attached TO az l.2
inch circular saw cuts board IL feet long an
wide IN one minute, at the same time driving g
"a inch cutting oil saw. The lnuey saw cuts tue
same lsdgth and width IN inmates, using %
incl1es more water.-Ihus making difference OF
$500 iset pei day Of 10 hours IL favor OF the TX.
celsior Wheel with less water.
We have full confidence that here is rover
enough ia the Falrchild Wheel u do its present
work and also drive the muiey saw, thereby saw
ing 100 PEI cent, Of the whole quantity OF water
used by both whes.s Yours respectfully,
r. FISK 4 son.
We tie undersigned having witnessed the tests
applied to the above wheels " the sawyers OF r
flsk son, cheerfIly endorse the Correctness
Of the above stetymens. Very respectfully,
BENlON & JONES, Paper mill,
h. L. BRADFORD, knitting mil,
GEO. LOCKWOOD, Oil Mil,
JAMES II, EMMETT, Blacksmith chop,
JAMES SlBLEY, Planning mill,
s. R. ROWsE, Planning mill,
Joliet, H., June 70, 1853.
Geo. ". P. Bownson, Esq, Chicago, III
DEER SIR;-I wute 10 Inform you that the
Excels or Water Wheel you put in Tor me in the
month OF March last, works beyond my expec-
tation, II runs under ten ieet head ana fall,
using less water, and giving more power than any
wheel ever saw. II runs 700 revolutions per
minut, when at labor. ! am able to lpn my
Farrare planning Mil $500 revolutions per min
ute with only one counter shaft have not had
occasion to look AT tn wheel since it was put
into our aune. should you have any nice Hy-
draulic critic cali upon you, please invite him ~
call down and see my wheel Or should you
meet auy one who thinks he Is owner Of u better
wheel OF amy kind which can excel mine, please
invite him 10 call upon me, ana he shall have
Tree scope 10 test II. Tor | am candid enough 70
say, thar the man does nor live who can make a
wheel which will beat mine. You cen PIT this
letter 10 such nse rs you may soc H.
Yours respectfully, w. !. KING
a., L.. 1
be .een running AZ Dowagnc, Mich, under two
feet eight iuches head aud full Of water, for the
purpose Of running a Wrodswmth's Planning Ma
chine. The wheel runs ESQ revolutions per min