The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-10-12

The following are the certificate Of soue Of
those now usrg the weeel5
ONCE MORE Having lust nut in operotion ne
Of our Excelsior Water Wheels at home. where
we could fairy test its power and ca in orr best
known and most experienced practical men to
witness II operation we would submit the fol-
lowing
BENNINGTON, june 4tl 1873
MfssRs. GrpVEEH ilArnINdTos-- Gentlemen
In answer To your !uqu.res relative To the tests
applied by use ~ IT., rtirchlld3' l.ca.s!1r Water
Wheel recently put il upcrrion ia cur mill, we
would say, lst, As to IL operation we are per
iectly satisfied, and a to it, merits ne reliable
cheap and economical motive power the follow
ing iacta and figures based upon accurate eyper-
mental knowledge viii fully demonstrate We
we're running muley saw under iect head aud
fail with Iwenty.rwo Iisuc ~ u,uve Wheel
using 225 inches OF water. The t;-cel'ior Wheel
unde the same head and fall stands feet below
the other whec! under the Disadvantage Of the
flood OF water nom !. ali u1e7 209 n-he. Of
water
The Excelsior Water wheel attached 70 ~ l.2
inch circulat saw cuts board Ia feet long and
wide IN one minute, at the same time driving
"a inch cutting oil saw The muley sav cutl he
same length aud width in minutes, using 20
inches more Tater.-lhus making 4 difference Of
45UQ feet pei day Of 10 nour, in ilv.I OF the Fy-
ce!sior Wheel with less water
We have full confidence that here is power
enough in the Falrchild " heel to 10 its present
work and also dr &C the uuey saw, thereby saw
ing 100 pei cent, OF the whole quantity OF water
used by both wheels Yours respectfully,
h. FISK i oOk.
We TIE undersigned having witnessed the tests
applied to the above wheels ~ the ,uwyers of Z.
Fisk 81 Son, cheerf-lly endorse the correctness
Of the above statenens. Verv respectable
EENrQN 6 JONES. Paper mill
II. L. BRADFORD, knitting mil
GEO. LOCKWOOD OH MIL
lAMno Il. tENEIf BncksInin slop
JAMES SlBLEi, PlGining mill.
=. r. R0WSE, Planning mill,
joliet, III. June IL, 1853.
UeO ". +. Bowuson, Esq, Chicago, III
DERR SIR write to INFORM you thai the
E1ces or Water Wheel you put il ior me in the
month Of March last, works beyond my expec
tatlon. 1t runs under ten feet head qua fall
using leas water, and gyur more pDwe, than any
wheel | ever saw. Il runs 10u re"oiut.ou7 pei
mnuta when At labor. am able 20 luE my
Farrare Planning Mil 25go revolution, per min.
ute With only one counter shat, have not had
occasion TO look at tn whee. since II WAS put
into orr fUme. Should YOU have any nice hv-
drauic critic call upon you, please invite him to
call down aud see nv wuee Or hould voL
meet any one who thinks Ee ia owner q. q better
wheel u. any kind which CA .xc-. mine, 20. l,s
invite Inn - call upon me. and De sl.l. laye
Tree scope "a test L Tor ] AN candid enough q
say, that tho man doe nc, live who can a5Ar q
wheel which will beaE mine. You cal aut hi.
letter 10 such nse 10 you MAJ see f.
Yours respectful ~ II, ). kIAC.
One Of the terchilc IS inch single wheels Lag
! be cen running "a, DowagiHc, Mich. unduf .wr
feet elgh, inches head aud full CI water, fer tae
purpose Of running Wootswpr,h'. P,anug Ma
chine The wheel runs $50 revolutions pei min
| ute ana gives 10 horse power Yours, &c.
l5'2u GEO. ~. T. BUWNSUE.