A SIMPLE AND CHEAP WATER WHEEL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 281, 17 March 1877, Page 4

A SIMPLE AND CHEAP WATER WHEEL.

A plan for rah tag waiter by mows of-a wheal working R spindle has been invented by a Mr. Cistoiian, of Echttca. Thw Itiwr.Kt H'mM states that the model b »>n a satall scale, but tr. conveys an accurate ides of the olfret or the mechanism t»i any sale t > wi i;h it may bo applied. The wheel is placed at tire bottom of the river, tor instance, and is kept in perpetual motion by the action of the current. AiTa;v;eir»t.ntsf are made to render sitting impossible, and the only wear and tear the machine is subject to is that which result from the motion of the spindle. It would a: p:ar that such a wrtec-wheet as that represented by Mr. Christian's mod; E, is admirably adapted for an |>p lying a town like Ec!tc-i with water from the ll.ver Mttrtay. Theorigir.al cost ot the machinery would belittle a 8 compared with some other modes of water supply. There is no expense for wood, coal, or steam, the simple force of the current supplying an exhaust-less and est teas motive power. The strength and durability of tho mechanism would be equal to its simplicity and cheapness, and once Used', water could be supplied in any quantity, and for any lengtu of time. The submerged water-wheel has been seen hy experts at work in the water oi the Murray, and they unhesitatingly affirm th.at it is admirably adapted to meet the requirement;.* of the place.