Hubert, Philip Gengembre, 1852-1925 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 311
^, according to even conservativejudges, will accomplish infinitely more. It willmake possible the harnessing of vast forces of19 !290 lyvEyToB. nature, such as the falls of Niagara, because theelectric current can be transported from place toplace at small cost and it is easily transformedinto… … Crames F. Brush. board for producing electricity. Here is a forceequal to that of a million Niagaras going towaste. The late Clerk Maxwell, when asked bv a dis-tinguished scientist what was the greatest scien-tific discovery of the last half-centurv. replied : That the Gramme machine is reversible.…
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