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Mr. Gideon Hotchkiss waited on us a few 

 days since with a model of a new water wheel, 

 which is represented in the engraving as at- 

 tached to a saw mill, which differs also from 

 the usual mode of construction, especially in the 

 feeding apparatus. Mr. Hotchkiss impressed 

 us very favorably wilh his claims to the cha- 

 racter of a scientific millwright, and of a fair 

 and candid gentleman. Fie contemplates estab- 

 lishing an agency in this city for the sale and 

 construction of his mills. It is impossible to 



describe on paper the nature of this invention, 

 but the following are the peculiarities and ad- 

 vantages claimed for it by the proprietor, and 

 certified to by a long list of names from various 

 regions of the United States : 



"1. The vertical wheel when used for saw 

 mills, requires no gearing to produce from 175 

 to 300 strokes of the saw per minute. 



11 2. They are as cheaply constructed as the 

 common flutter wheel, and will do double the 

 business with the same advantage of water. 



