ENERGY FROM GEYSERS.
According to messages from Leghorn. Italy, the appearance in the borax-bear-.ing district of Larderello. in the Vai di Cecina,. of a new geyser (sollioii.e) has suggested the idea that this geyser, together with those which gushed up iu 1931 and 1932, should be utilised for electrical energy for the railways. The new geyser, which has a iliaineter of IQin., is said to emit steam with a pressure of four atmospheres and a temperature of 190 deg. Centigrade (374<leg. Fahrenheit). It is reported that the careful observations which have been kept of the two previous ■ geysers have shown that they have maintained their energy practically constant at all seasons. Therefore, .is the three geysers together develop about 20,000 kilowatts of energy, it is suggested- that they may profitably be applied to the railway between Florence aud Rome, . .
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 36, 6 November 1933, Page 7
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139ENERGY FROM GEYSERS. Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 36, 6 November 1933, Page 7
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