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HYDRO -ELECTRIC PRACTICE -- PREFACE -- THE economical transmission of electric energy to distances great and small, the rapidly increasing utilization of electro-motive power in industrial establishments, and the advent of the electric interurban rail- r
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This subject is treated in two parts; the first is entitled " Analysis of a Hydro-electric Project," and is written for the layman, being devoid of technical treatment, and may therefore be characterized as the commercial essence of the subject. The author believes that an intelligent perusal of this first part will insure the reader against those errors of commission and omission which cause most of the failures in these projects. No engineering training or experience is required clearly to follow and fully to appreciate and understand the presentation of the analysis, which covers the topic as completely as can be done without the introduction of the technic. CHAPTER I. treats of the market of electric current, where it may be found and how its value is readily determined. This is purely a commercial subject and ranks first in importance in the analysis. CHAPTER II. discusses the power opportunity, how the available flow can be ascertained and the fall, and from these the power output on which the project may be safely based. CHAPTER III. relates to the feasibility and practicability of the development. It treats of questions of riparian rights, Federal and State control of streams, economical limitations and of the investment balance. CHAPTER IV. gives a non-technical synopsis of the cost of such a project, with general reference to the separate features of the required works and equipment. CHAPTER V., which closes the analysis, reviews the value of the project as an investment and suggests its proper presentation.
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HYDRO -ELECTRIC PRACTICE- A Practical Manual Of The Development Of Water Power, Its Conversion To Electric Energy, And Its Distant Transmission. PREFACE -- THE economical transmission of electric energy to distances great and small, the rapidly increasing utilization of electro-motive power in industrial establishments, and the advent of the electric interurban ...