Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-08-12
TRIAL OF WAFER WHEELS AT
WATERLOO.
The Sherwood Wheel Again Vieto.
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j We take from the Waterloo Reporter G
this week, the following report of the tris
of water wheels. held in that place fey
days since. This report we take to be tina
Of the committee appointed to conduct tn
trial, although their names are not append
ed to it. II is of the same tenor OF all othe
reports of trials in which the Sherwood
wheel has been a contestant. 1t demon
strates the decided superiority of Mr.. Sher
woods invention over all others, come they
from whence they may. Our readers will
particularly observe the tribute to the fair
ness of Mr.. Sherwood in the last paragraph
of the article below:
On the 25th of July, Messrs, E. Boyles L
Worthington sent request to S. Sherwood,
of Independence, Buchanan county, this
State, that he would come to Waterloo and
test his (Sherwood's) water wheel with
theirs.
Mr.. Sherwood, nothing 10th, came and,
BY consent of parties, arranged to build at
his own expense, race and fume aud erect
machinery for testing the merits of the
wheels above named and two others who
were induced to make the trial.
The head Of water used by all was two
feet, eleven and three-fourths inches. Size
of wheels, 81 inches; box used for measur-
ing water discharged by wheels was five
feet, four and one-hslf inches long, two feet
eleven and one-half inches wide. The
"inches" of water used was the depth in
this box. Running machinery was so ar
ranged as to run horizontal shaft one and
q half inches in diameter, six feet long by
which weights we're to be raised nineteen
feet. Two sets of mitre wheels SIX inches
in diameter, one inch face, and SO arrang-
ed as to propel the said upper shaft, one
hundred and eighty revolutions per minute.
with one set of cone or differential pulleys,
eight in number, from three to eleven inch
rs IL diameter. tn !, each wheel might have
its work. motion.
Four wheels competed in the triAl, to-wit:
Hrl,erman l. Goodwin's Improved Hawk
es. rrr inc, central discharge, patented by
sSem. working model NJ beautiful work,
anausbip, maize by }. c Cropper, Of this
Ea rzii rs . aa'4 Iprbine, centrai
.-ea. ~. lj B.. atee made al Sprae-
J.#..rf uaaa t.a 4 PfeseH'ed ay
+ S-a... il .a~a"a, / 80.
Z b.. RIM. wheel ~uh :e.t- al
rs ,..,g.. IA" ut J,nnary S,n. 1870, rep
at u preliminary trial had gwen a good ac-
count OF itself. lifting huge weight for II
model, but on this occasion, owing to an
unfortunate improvement (?l in the gates. it
did not do itself justice and was by its man.
ager Withdrawn from the contest.
S. Sherwood's Turbine, outer discharge,
patented, owned and represented BIZ S.
Sherwood. ri Independence.
Trial commenced Saturday aud ended
II. mex, Tlgsaav P. NJ. Messrs W. G.
Cuet,Ss. Z. VI. Chsmpin and I Wr,mnrr
of " at-rlo we're selected q commtee
To SEE that he trial was in all respects tar
auG accurate. w {. Morris held and called
ume.
The following Is the result Of trial: Hold-
ernsu's & Gaodwin's wirai raised II lbs 3
o. 10 feet II Is seconds. Water used six
inches IA icprh. Under 203 inches depth
of Ysck water II raised 1 lbs 4 o. 10 let
in !54 seconds.
Lehei's wheel raised 26 lbs. Is u. 10
feet +. Is seconds Water used. six inches
il depth. Under back water. AS above, II
r.,sed .bs . u. 10 feet IA 10! srco d..
S. Sha,woo 5 wheel raised - lbs. ".
10 feet il l24 seco ds; raised 81 lbs. IL
II. 10 feet in Is seconds. Water used first,
IA lbs. oz.) ST inches; water used sec
oni (33 lbs. II oz.) 6s. Under back wa
ter it raised 10 lbs. III or in l59 seconds.
The trial excited unusual interest among
the "water power men Of our city, and
many others looked on curiously if they did
not understand the dialect of the 'aquat-
ics."
The liberality of Mr. Sherwood in footing
the bills, and his evident fairness, and scru-
pulous care for the rights and wishes OF the
won him many FRIENDS in our
midst.