The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-10-25
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one Apmotpr From timc to.
time. dealers here have 40.
tempted IT, boom alleged new
machines with the same result
the mills were stored away
aud tagged y. G.. We huil
opposition with pleasure know
ing well that there is not u
mill ou earth that can be com
pared to the Acrmotor Tho
people ou these islands are well
posted also and believe as We
do. Go over this island and
whenever you see a wheel
towering in the sky the word
"Aermotor' will appear ON the
rudder, nine times out of ten.
Ask Paul lsenberg what he
thinks Of the Aermotor; ask
Luther Wilcox the same
question: ask the man in charge
at the Lunalilo Home; 60 to
the other islands, where we
have have erected over $50
mills, and each and every
owner will tell you that it runs
smoothly; they regulate per
fectly; they do not jerk the
pump as other mills do; the
fitting tower makes oiling an
easy matter, its runs when
others stand still.
The most serious defect in
direct motion pumping wind
mills is the violence with
which they handle the
pump. The whole trouble
comes from the common
method of connecting the pump
directly with a crank on the
wheel shaft. In the pumping
Aermotor this trouble is OBJ
waited by means of back gear
ing, so that the wheel makes
three turns to one stroke Of the
pump, or enough so that the
wheel may run at its natural
speed in any moderate wind,
without doing violence to the
pump or its connections. This
gives the pump a long stroke
instead Of the quick, jerky,
short strokes of the ordinary
windmills. The "Graphite
Box" bearings are not a por-
ton of the Aermotor; a gun
metal box, which is in itself the
best bearing known, is used.
This bearing is made with a
large upright tube, which is
filed with machinist's waste
saturatedwith oil. This arrange
ment makes the best and most
lasting method of oiling. 1t
is the one adopted wherever
constant use makes frequent
oiling necessary. If Graphite
bearings were all that is claim
ed for them, railroad men
would have been the first to
adopt them. The fact of the
matter is, the Graphite bearing
in connection with windmills
has only been brought out to
obviate the necessity Of using
the fitting Tower, which is
thoroughly covered with
patents by the Aermoter Com
pany. There is nothing in the
world to prevent the builders
of the Aermotor or anyone
else, from using graphite box
if it were worth using. There
is no reason why it should not
be used in reapers, mowers and
wagons if it were worth using.
| 1t has been known a dozen
years and has been experiment
ed with very much longer than
that, and yet it is advertised
and occasionally sold to unsus-
pecting victims on the
guarantee that it will last
twenty years without oiling;
when as matter of fact, almost
as many instances could be
found as there are places where
the boxes have been used, to
show that they squeak and
scream before they have run
four weeks. But the worst
feature is that they make the
windmill run very hard, wear
out very quickly, and detract
much from it's power.
If you want strong, stiff
steel fixed tower-or if you
want the tower you don't
have to climb, and the Wheel
that runs when all others
stand still then buy an Aer-
motor. No other piece of