The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-09-07
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nj Subscribers gould call the attention OF
those interested IN uUiU heel, ~ the Fair
childs' Excelsior Wheel re.ciily patented.
They have been severely tested WIKI the most
approved iron aud wUO. WhCtis, aid 10 al cases
when properly put ,i, have proved their superi-
GRITTY.
The following are some Of th u .ynntlges we
claim Tor the wheel:
LIST, They will give as great per ccnl u power
OF tho water as any other wheel Mt mucu less
cost
I'd, They are placed inside lite iiuIne, near the
surface Of the water, consequently uey occupy
no space outside the Dune, and ne easily Access
sble.
Sd, They are never affected by frost nor him
dered by ice.
4th, They are not liable to obstruction by
leaves, sticks, saw-dnst &C., nor to b. brokenby
anything getting into them.
9th, They can be run without gearing. getting
the power entirely with belts, and equally APP
plicable to horizontal Or to uprign hats.
9Th, They can be 20 constructed rs to perform
any number OF revolutions up to 5000 per minute
and hence are peculiarly adapted 10 work re-
quring high spec at the same time being eqally
Applicable to all other uses.
The Wheels when sold are complete with shaft,
frame and driving pulley r>ady 10 belt onto, and
can be atforded at less price than any other
wheels now in use. We should BE happy 10 hear
Of introducing them We will personally examine
privileges anu put in the wheels at our own risk,
and if they do not perform as we say We will
lake them i, and 40 questions asked. For fur
Their particulars address
GROVER x HARRINGTON, sole Agents,
Eagle lrou Foundry and Machine shop,
Bennington Vt.
The following arc the certificates Of some of
those now usii 4 the weeels
OF our Excelsior Water Wheels at home where
we could fairy test its power and Gu in our best
known ami most experienced practical men to
witness its operation, we would submit the fol-
lowing:
Bennington, June 4th, 1859.
MkssRs. GRovER& uAkRISoTuS-Gentleme
In answer to your inquiries relative to the tests
applied by use to the rairchllds' Excelsior Water
Wheel recently Dut IL Operrtion IN our mill, we
would say, LIST, As TO its operation we are per-
fectly satisfied, and as TO its merits us reliable
cheap aud econom cal motive power, the follow
lug facts anu figures based upon accurate expsr-
mental -uowled8 will fully demonstrate. We
were running muiey saw under feet head and
fall with wenty. Two Issue active Wheel,
using 225 inches Of water. The Excelsior Wheel
unde the same head aud fall Stands feet below
the oher wheel under tho disadvantage OF the
food of water from and uses 209 inches of
water.
he Excelsior Water wheel attached to az Ia
inch circular saw cuts a board IA feet long and .
WIDE III one minute, at the same time driving a
"a inch cutting of saw. The muley saw cuts the
same leugth and width in minutes, using rs
inches more water.-Thus making difference Of
1890 feet pei day of 10 hours in favor OF the Ex-
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, thereby saw
ing 100 pei cent, of the whole quantity of water
used by both wheels. Yours respectfully,
4. FISK & SON.
We the undersigned having witnessed the tests
applied to the above wheels by the sawyers Of r.
Fisk Il Son, cheerfdlly endorse the correctness
OF the above statements. Very respectfully,
BENTON & JONES, Paper mill,
II. L. BRADFORD, Knitting mil,
GEO. LOCKWOOD, Oil MILL
JAMES II. BENNETT, Blacksmith shop
JAMES SIBLEY, Planning mill,
f. r. ROWSE Planning MILL
Joliet H., June 10, 1862
Geo. W. T. Bownsou, Esq. Chicago Ill.
DKRR SIR:-I write to inform you that The
Excelsior Water Wheel you put in for me i'll til,
month Of March last, works beyond my expec
tation. Ii runs under ten feet head and fall
using less water and giving more power than an,
wheel ever saw. IL runs 700 revolutions pc
minuts when at labor. | am able to iun IN,
Farrare Planning Mill $500 revolutions per min
ute with only one counter shaft. have not haC
occasion to look at the wheel since it was pu
into our hume. should you nave any nice ny
draulic critic call upon you, please invite him tt
call down and see my wheel Or should you
meet any one who thinks he is owner Of II bette
wheel of any kind which can excel mine, pleas,
invite him to call upon me, and he shall hav,
free scope to test it, Tor | am candid enough t.
say, that the man does not live who can make
wheel which will beat mine. You can put thi
letter to such use as you may see fit.
Yours respectfully, NJ. J. KING.
One of the Fairchild "a inch single wheels ma,
be .een running at Dowagac, Mich, under tw'
feet eight inches head and full of water, for tn
purpose of runnnga Woodsw orth's Planning Ma
chine. The wheel ruus $50 revolutions per min
ute, and gives 10 hors power. Yours, &c.
l5;2m GEO. W. z. BOWNSON.