Electricity for the farm : Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Frederick Irving, 1877-1947

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Electricity for the Farm" by Frederick Irving Anderson is a practical guide written in the early 20th century. This work is aimed at farmers, providing them with comprehensive knowledge about generating electricity for light, heat, and power using inexpensive methods, notably from water wheels or gasoline engines. Its central theme revolves around how farmers can harness the natural resources available to them for efficient energy use on their farms. The opening of the book introduces the concept of electricity generation for farms by revealing the potential benefits of utilizing water power, particularly from small streams that run through agricultural lands. It tells the story of a character named Perkins, who significantly improves his neighbor's farm by installing an electric generator powered by an idle water wheel. This transformation enables the farm to enjoy modern conveniences such as electric lighting and automated household tasks. The narrative emphasizes the practicality and affordability of installing such systems, suggesting that many farmers can overcome initial misconceptions about electricity being too complex or dangerous to manage. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Stacy Brown, Marcia Brooks, Steven Giacomelli and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 66.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2008-11-14