. St. Nicholas [serial] . P, as shown in Fig. lo. A pulley-wheel, X,is mounted on the shaft, so that we may usethe power of the windmill to drive any pieceof machinery that wc wish. A collar, Q, issecured to the shaft just under the flooring ofthe top of the tower. In order to have theshaft and gear-wheel revolve readily, it willbe well to tar the hub of the gear-wheel whereit rests on the floor, K, of the next step is to insert the shaft of thewind-wheel through the holes in the bearing-box, and also through the second gear, nail-ing this gear fast to the shaft in such a posi-
. St. Nicholas [serial] . P, as shown in Fig. lo. A pulley-wheel, X,is mounted on the shaft, so that we may usethe power of the windmill to drive any pieceof machinery that wc wish. A collar, Q, issecured to the shaft just under the flooring ofthe top of the tower. In order to have theshaft and gear-wheel revolve readily, it willbe well to tar the hub of the gear-wheel whereit rests on the floor, K, of the next step is to insert the shaft of thewind-wheel through the holes in the bearing-box, and also through the second gear, nail-ing this gear fast to the shaft in such a posi-tion that its pins will engage the pins of thefirst gear. We may now put the roof on thetower head, V. The tail-beam of the windmill consists oftwo light strips of wood, S, Fig. ii, which arenailed to the sides of the towerbead and are sprung together attheir lower ends, where they comein contact with the ground. Thebeam is strengthened bv means of. AMERICAN WINDMILL, AKD DETAILS <H CONSTIll CTION (SEK MCXT IAOKl of the gear-wheel. The second gear-wheel ismade exactly in the same way, and we arenow read} to assemble the windmill. One of the gear-wheels is nailed to the endof shaft, L, and then the shaft is insertedthrough the hole in the tower head, V, and inthe floor, ^/^ of the tower. The lower end ofthe shaft fits in a hole bored in the crosspiecc crosspioccs. 7. jhe tail-i)cam serves to holdthe wind-wheel into the wind, and to keep it inplace. Pairs of pegs, U, are driven into theground in a wide circle around the windmilltower. To change the position of the wind-mill, the tail-beam is sprung up from betweena pair of these pegs, and the head is movedaround to any other pair of pegs.
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