HARNESSED TIDES.
NEW ELECTRIC POWER. It is believed that the secret of ;t cheap method of harnessing the tide; litis been found. W'otk is about to begin both on ih< Dee and St vein, where powoi can he produced, according to the estimate- ol a croup of engineer--, at two-thirds the cost ot elr-etric power generated by coal. More than thi-: a number ol e-iuaro-- on the west const have been surveyed, where the cost of installation would he'considerably lower. ''Great Braitain may remain among the greatest manufacturing centres oi the world, even if every ounce of coa] eminent foreign engineer who has -tudii.d the po,-;bii:li'rs. Models have been s C t to work within the la-t -ev- months and they confirm the e-timare that power winch now co-ts ;d a unit can be produced for id. The essence oi rhc- invention L The tide work.; a turbine ana the power loth at it. inflow and its lively iCi a!l' while during the pe r , o d ct hah-i:d-. In one- Che,hire and in the hour of the Cde at neighbouring makes possible, ibanks to an ingenious discovery, the production of maiamuni energy during an almost eon-::-uous period. A B-: :s about to become before Paravailable power in .-Scotland proves on was expected.
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 23 April 1920, Page 4
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