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Show leaB ir4 Water turbine work. Swiss the First to Develop Long Distance Dis-tance Electrical Power. Switzerland produces no coal and no' iron. In the manufacture of machinery ma-chinery the raw material is nearly all brought from Germany, which also supplies the greater part of the coal. i The tools used In the machine shops, however, are for the most part, made t in America. The country has an enormouB amount of water power, however, and in its development the Swiss have j gained a prominence In the water turbine tur-bine work throughout the world, one firm being called upon to design the original water turbine which was Installed In-stalled at Niagara falls. Uand-ln-hand with this turbine development, practically the superlative In electrical engineering has been attained, and today to-day Swiss machinery is being sent to all parts of the world. The Swiss are able to maintain their position only through their superior technical knowledge, for which they are Indebted to their engineering institutions. in-stitutions. In their vast experience they lay claim to being the first to develop de-velop the transmission of electrical I power over long distances, and it Is I believed that before long all the Swiss jJ state railways will be working under V electrical power. H |