Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 319
ped like a trough. Erics-son believed that motors on this model would have greatvalue in regions where solar heat is intense, and where sun-shine is seldom obscured by clouds. He said: Experiments show that my mechanism abstracts on anaverage, during nine hours a day, for all latitudes between 270… … Solar Engine, Operated by the Intervention of Atmospheric AirDesigned by John Ericsson. Built at New York, 1872. theoretically, energy of 2,702 foot-pounds is transmitted bythe radiant heat per minute for each square foot, or 270,200foot-pounds for ten feet square, or 8.2 horse-power. Butengineers…
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