BAisiNG Water by wind power. 



preferable. It is firmly fixed by its hub on an iron axlo formed of a S(|uare inch bar. 

 The sails or buckets are scoured, at tlu'ir outward ends, to a wooden rim, like that of a 

 larfc spinning wheel. An inch and a lialt\r;nik is raisi-d on the axle at !>, which, at 

 that point, is cylindrical, and upon which is adjusted the upper end of the j)iston-rod 

 of the pump C. This, when in motion, of course commands a play of three inches. 



The body of the Mill. — A piece of ]>ine plank, 1), is suspended frora the cross-girth 

 of a frame, E, by an iron bolt, F, furnished at its lowered end with a large head, G, 

 and a washer, and secured by a key, II, at the upper end, admitting of an easy circular 

 motion of the body around the bolt. This motion is coincident with that of a swivel 

 on the piston-rod, I. The rudder, or vane, will necessarily tlirow the wheel, at all 

 times, into the wind. The axle. A, is suspended from the body by two straps of iron, 

 throu<;-h which it passes at L, L, where it is cylindrical, allowing free motion. The 

 sketch on Plate I, was drawn from recollection without regard to perspective and pro- 

 portion, but will perhaps illustrate the subject sufliciently. 



A breeze which merely agitates the leaves of the trees will set the machinery in 

 operation. A reservoir of some six or eight hogsheads was kept nearly filled, and 

 when, in windy weather, a surplus of water was raised, it was returned to the well by 

 a waste pipe, M. In the hands of an ingenious mechanic it might, no doul^t, bo 

 greatly improved. Iron, in some of its parts, might be substituted for wood. 



A well, suitably located, will furnish water enough for an ordinary garden, and 

 without labor, by aid of this mill. How much it would improve our flowers, fruits 

 and esculent vegetables, cannot be estimated, but would surely effect a revolution in 

 our present modes of gardening here in the West, where we suffer much every season 

 from drouth. Public tanks, inns, tanneries, and thousands of prairie farms, require its 

 aid. Downs & Co., or some other active firm, would render the community essen- 

 tial service if they would manufacture a supply of these mills and adapt them to 

 some of their improved pumps. 



In all this, gentle reader, there is no Quixotism. Its feasibility Las been amply 

 tested. We may, however, trespass on the peculiar province of the Don, and, like 

 him, get our heads bruised when we give play to our imaginations on this subject. 

 We will venture on the movement. 



Attempts are everywhere making to ornament and improve country and suburban 

 residences. Few localities are naturally furnished with the means of supplying a jet 

 (T eau, yet it is one of the most important ornamental additions art can supply to sucli 

 places. One of moderate size can be constructed at any point where a well with perma- 

 nent and abundant springs can be obtained within twenty-eight feet of the surface of 

 the ground. Practically, beyond that depth, this mill will not raise water with mucli 

 success. It is obvious that the same wind operating on one mill, and raising a given 

 quantity of water twenty-eight feet, would, by acting on a second mill, raise the same 

 water an additional twenty-eight feet. 



Suppose an architect should sketch a barn, or other out-building, with two spires or 

 towers of suitable height and dimensions, giving them an air of taste and beauty 

 The outline I have attempted to supply in Plate II, but not the finish. 



