| Show power from tide and winds at the recent meeting of 0 the british association the question of economical production of 0 power from tides and winds was again under discussion and it has been taken up widely by scientific journals in europe la revue calls attention to a system ot of utilizing the power ot of sea waves to actuate a dynamo which has been employed during the last six months at the mouth of 0 the river gironde girande GI ronde an air chamber Is connect ed with a well which communicates with the sea at a depth below the level of the lowest tides by the advance and recession 0 the waves changes of pressure are produced in the air chamber and a system of valves enables the resulting air currents to be applied to rotating a kind turbine it Is said that toe the apparatus works equally well in calm and in stormy weather |
