On the Development and Transmission of Power: From Central StationsLongmans, Green, 1894 - 312 páginas |
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... river falls , no other power than water power having been found practically useful . After the invention of the steam - engine , manufacturing industries gathered round the coal - fields . About 1790 , says Mr. Kennedy , ' Mr. Watt's ...
... river falls , no other power than water power having been found practically useful . After the invention of the steam - engine , manufacturing industries gathered round the coal - fields . About 1790 , says Mr. Kennedy , ' Mr. Watt's ...
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... river is thus utilised , by pumping to a reservoir , for intermittent work , in the systems at Zurich and Geneva . Prof. Forbes's proposal is the adaptation of the same method to a new case . 19 CHAPTER II POWER GENERATED BY STEAM ...
... river is thus utilised , by pumping to a reservoir , for intermittent work , in the systems at Zurich and Geneva . Prof. Forbes's proposal is the adaptation of the same method to a new case . 19 CHAPTER II POWER GENERATED BY STEAM ...
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... river dams , reservoirs , and canals . Mr. Emery estimates that at Lawrence , in the United States , 200,000l . was spent on works , independent of the hydraulic machinery , and at Lowell a still larger sum.2 Such extensive works can be ...
... river dams , reservoirs , and canals . Mr. Emery estimates that at Lawrence , in the United States , 200,000l . was spent on works , independent of the hydraulic machinery , and at Lowell a still larger sum.2 Such extensive works can be ...
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... above Lyons . In Sweden there is a project to transmit power from the Dal River at Mansbo to the Norberg mining district , a distance of 10 miles . There is a pro- ject to transmit power from a fall on the Judal 82 DISTRIBUTION OF POWER.
... above Lyons . In Sweden there is a project to transmit power from the Dal River at Mansbo to the Norberg mining district , a distance of 10 miles . There is a pro- ject to transmit power from a fall on the Judal 82 DISTRIBUTION OF POWER.
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... River to Otter- sund , a distance of 11 miles . There are projects to transmit power , from the falls of Trollhatten and the river Motala , to Gothenburg and Nordköping . It is stated that works are actually in progress for obtaining ...
... River to Otter- sund , a distance of 11 miles . There are projects to transmit power , from the falls of Trollhatten and the river Motala , to Gothenburg and Nordköping . It is stated that works are actually in progress for obtaining ...
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