Scientific American. NoOvEMBER 8, 1879.] 291 height of eight stories, thus making the building not only NEW WIND MILL, ENGINEERING INVENTIONS. the largest mill on the ground, but the highest of any in the Mr. Allen T. Miller, of Philadelphia, Pa., has patented an city, for the distance from the… … Fig. 1.--POST & C0.’S8 WIND MILL. ; ing wind pressure and to prevent damage to the mill during high winds. The wheel is composed of. iron sails mounted upon iron arms, upon which they are capable of turning, andthe motion of the mill is controlled by the weighted arms attached to the sails, which,…
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