| Show Wind mills are being utilized for other than pumping and water raising rais-ing purposes Electricity is developed by that means and windmill plants pro mis to be a now feature in rural districts dis-tricts An experimental plant at Jersey City comprises a windmill which with a diameter of eighteen feet and a speed I of twenty miles an hour is capable of i delivering 3 h p The dynamo has aj maximum capacity of 35 amperes at 35 i volts and is brought into play whenever when-ever an eightmile breeze is blowing It then charges the battery while a special switch prevents the battery discharging dis-charging when the dynamo speed falls off The dynamo occupies a floor space of only SO inches square and is but 15 inches high The storage cells I charged by It furnish current abundantly abun-dantly for 21 Incandescent lamps Itt It-t = Is stated tSuif throughout this country I II au average rate of 7 miles per hour t J0f the wind can be depended on and this being the case any one with a I windmill can hae electric lighting by n hitching on a small dynamo and a few ii storage batteries The objection we f should think would be unsteadiness in lite power making fluctuations in the 1 I i r cl etrie light t H j f t J J f r c I Q VI 0 u tl r 0 2 |
