Energy Book #1 : natural sources & backyard applications / edited by John Prenis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prenis, John, editor.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power resources.

Power (Mechanics).

energy resources.

potential energy.

kinetic energy.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

112 pages : illustrations ; 33 cm

Other Title:

Energy Book 1 : natural sources and backyard applications

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Running Press, 1975.

Contents:

Energy

Wind Power. Energy through Wind Power / R. Buckminster Fuller; Wind Generator Basics / Henry Clews; Some Cautionary Thoughts on Windmills; Windworks / Ben Wolff; Carving Your Own Propellor / Winnie RedRocker; Balancing the Blades / Ted Ledger; Towers / R. Todd Swinderman; The Sail Wind Windmill and its Adaptation for Use in Rural India / Marcus M. Sherman; Experence with Jacobs Wind-Driven Electric Generating Plants, 1931-1957 / Marcellus L. Jacobs; Alternators and Their Uses; The Performance and Economics of the Vertical Axis Wind Turbine / Peter South, Raj Rangi; Bucket Rotor Wind-Driven Generator / Howard Chang, Horace McCracken; Vertical Axis Wind Rotors-Status and Potential / W. Vance; Power from the S-Rotor / Michael Hackleman; Savonius Rotor / Ted Ledger

Methan and Bio-Gas. Methane; Simplest Methane Experiment Yet; Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulosic Wastes / M. Mandels, J. Nystrom, L.A. Spano; a Mini Methane Generator; A Homesite Power Unit / Les Auerbach; Backyard Bio-gas Plant / Sharon Whitehurst

Other Energy Sources. Geothermal Energy; Ocean Thermal Power; Wood Heat / Gary Wayne; Tidal Power; The Rance Tidal Power Plant; Tidal Grist Mill; The Hydrogen-Oxygen Car / Paul Dieges; Hydrogen and Oxygen Combustion for Pollution-Free Operation of Existing Automotive Engines / Patrick Underwood, Paul Dieges; Hydrogen Experiment / Bill Vasilakes; Son of Hydrogen Experiment / Bill Basilakes ; Heat Pump; An Experimental Heat Pump System / Richard La Rosa.

(Continued) Solar Energy. Solar Energy-Some Basics; Solar Distillation / Dr. E.A. Farber; Earth Still; Solar-Water Heating / Dr. E.A. Farbert; Solar Water Heaters / Tucson Community Development Design Center; A Simple Solar Hot Water Heater / E.W. Short; Swimming Pool Heating / Dr. E.A. Farber; Simple Method for Evaluating Performance of a Flat Plate Air Collector / Paul Shippee; A Solar Heated Bath / Tyler Volk; A Soap Bubble Heat Collector / Steve Baer; Solar Still Plans and Solar Collector Manufacturers; Utilization of Sun and Sky Radiation for Heating and Cooling of Buildings / John I. Yellott; Solar Energy-A Better Understanding / Harold R. Hay; The Solar Tempered House; Ideas on Solar Home Heating: Definition of a Factor-of-Merit, Crude Device for Solar Heating, Use of Crude Reflectors, Sun Scoops / William A. Shurcliff; Parabolic, Spherical, and Other Reflecting Surfaces / Paul D. Ackley; Ring Paraboloid Reflector; A Prototype Solar Kitchen / C.J. Swet; Solar Satellite; Solar Farms.

Notes:

"Art direction and Design by Jim Wilson. Cover photograph by Kas Schlots"--Title page verso.

Uncredited items in Table of Contents by John Prenis.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-111).

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy is "Third Printing: September, 1976".

ISBN:

0914294210

9780914294214

OCLC:

636514908