POWER FROM THE SEA.
Two French scientists, MM. Georges Claude and Boucheron, have now devised a system for utilising an inexhaustible store of natural energy which has hitherto remained untapped. Briefly stated (says the Paris correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph), their discovery is that the difference between the temperature of the surface water and that near the sea-.bed in tropical waters provides sufficient power to drive turbines. The discovery was made nearly two years ago, and last year M Claude exhibited at the" Academy of Science a small experimental turbine by means of which small, differences in temperature furnished the power, the principle being that Cold water drawn into a vacuum surrounded by slightly warmer water boiled and gave off steam. M Claude whose theory was regarded with some scepticism when, first he explained it, its truth by near Leige, a is driving a by using a grade between the temperatures of two sources of water. In' tropical seas the surface of the water' has a temperature of about 3o degrees Centigrade, while that near the sea-bed. is only 4 degrees. By using this difference to generate electricity. M Claude declares that he can distribute at an infinitesimal cost unlimited quantities of power and light.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 245, 12 July 1928, Page 5
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