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Show WINDMILL FOR LIGHT POWER On Shown In the Illustration Will Always Al-ways Face the Wind and Never Require Adjustment The windmill shown In the sketch la one that will alwaya face the wind, and never requlrca adjastnient, say a writer In the Popular Mechanics. It consist of a vertical shaft,. A, provided pro-vided with a number of arms, 11, oa which are hinged square sail, C. These sails are preferably made of wood frames covered with cauvor- " SSSttSSK I I ) Lad Light Power Windmill. They are provided with binge. D, attached at-tached to tbe end of tbe arm In such a way that they offer resistance to tb wind on one aide of the wheel, while they move edgewise against the wind on the other side, aa ahown. The ahaft of the mill can either be run In bearings bear-ings set on an upright post the lower end of the shaft turning on a conical bearing, or collars may be used on the bearings to keep It In position. The power can be transmitted with gears or by a flat belt over a pulley. A wheel or tbla kind la not adapted tor blgh speed, but direct connected to a pump or other slow-moving machinery ma-chinery will prove very efllcleut |