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Show Electricity from Water Power. Tho utilization of wntor powor for tho creation of electric energy has In-crcuscd In-crcuscd to an extraordinary degreo In recent years, although It Is to bo noted that the power so far used Is only nn Infinitesimal fraction of tho nggrcgato water power of tho world. Tho amount of wntor powor utilized utiliz-ed has been estlmntcd to bo 1,000,000 horso power In round numbers. Tho United States uses tho largest amount, mainly on account ot tho employment of tho power of Niagara Falls, which also secures second placo to Canada. In round numbers In tho United States about 550,000 horso powor; In Cannda. 260,000; In Italy, about 200,000; In Franco, 160,000; In Switzerland, 135,000; In Germany, 81.-000; 81.-000; In Sweden, 71,000, and In other countries lesser amounts. As those statistics aro undoubtedly Incomplete, tho aggregato water power utilized for electric energy In tho world Is probably 2,000,000 horse power, which Is about twlco the steam powor used In Englnnd nnd Ireland combined. |