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Show WIND AND WATER MAY SOLVE FUEL PROBLEM 1WR1S. Hoc. IS. Wind nnd water hold the solution of the fuel shortage in FraiTce, E. Colarde.iu told his asso- ciatcs at the Academy of Sciences at Its last meeting. He presented what! he considered proof in the results of an Installation on his kitchen faucet ot a water-turbine; which drives a dynamo dyna-mo that charges storage batteries. Citv pressure on tho water, he explained, ex-plained, Is sufficient to furnish a household with cloctrlc light. In the country, M. Colardeau woujd install windmills to pump water to elevated tanks and utilize the fall of tho water through a pipe to turn the charging turbine. |