Wine and Electricity.

Manawatu Herald, 21 June 1894, Page 3

Wine and Electricity.

♦ — On the invitation of the directors of Rollason's Wind Motor Company, representatives of the press assem' bled at Willesden Junction in April to inspect the " Rollason wind motor." This is a new invention for bringing the currents of air into the service of electricity. The motor is, in fact, a new form of windmill, differing materially, how ever, from those one is accustomed to see in rural districts. It is horizontal in denign, and erected within a skeleton turret fixed to the top of an iron structure about SOffc. high. Within the turret is a vertical steel shaft, to which five concave sails are attached. The principle is therefore simple. The mechanism is so finely adjusted that on the least breath of wind the sails and shaft rvolve. The shaft runs from the top of the turret to the ground below, and to it at the lower end suitable gearing is provided for working the necessary ap« paratus for driving tho dynamo. Here, then, are very simple means for obtaining motor power. Of course it will be said that on some days there must be insufficient wind to set the sails in motion. The objection, in fact, applied to the early part of Tuesday afternoon, but this is at once met by the provision of accumulators, of which there may be any number, and by means of which a sufficient storage may always be ready for use on calm days. It is claimed that the simplicity of the invention and the ease with which it may be installed and maintained in almost any situation, but especially in out-of-the-way districts, will render it of the very greatest utility. The motor at Willesden is being used for .generating electricity for lighting purposes.