HARNESSING THE SEA
TO PRODUCE ELECTRIC POWER FRENCH SCIENTISTS EXPLAIN PLAN WOULD AFFECT CLIMATE By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reoeived November 16, 8.40 p.m.) PARIS, November 16. Many eminent men were present at a meeting of tbe Academy of Science at which M. Georges Claude, inventor of liquid air and synthetic ammonia, and M. Roucherot elaborated their scheme for utilising the surface heat of the sea for the production of electrical energy. They propose to exploit the difference between the temperature of the surfaoe of the water in the tropics and cold currents from the Poles. Their idea is to boil the surface water in tropical seas in a vacuum. The steam thus obtained will produce as much energy as the same amount of water falling 100 metres, and have a pressure sufficient to feed turbine engines. Incidentally, the torrents of icy water drawn up would counteract intense humidity, and enable Europeans to live in comfort in the tropica. The installations would not cost more than tho harnessing pf favourable waterfalls.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12606, 17 November 1926, Page 7
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175HARNESSING THE SEA New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12606, 17 November 1926, Page 7
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