TO HARNESS VOLCANOES.
An American paper is responsible for the following : — Volcanoes may in time become harnessed to some extent, whereby they may take their glace as producing factors, and already Italy is investigating along this line with a view to the production of electric power from volcanic steam. Not far from the little city of Volterra is a region of volcanic hot springs that for a century have been a Bouroe of boric acid, and that in addition supply heat for drying the crystals and for the power needed in preparing the material for market. Borings of thirty feet or forty feet are said to yield an unfailing supply of steam at pressures up to more than 700 degrees Fahrenheit. The steam has been wastefully used in email engines of an old, non-condensing type, but recent experiments suggest that a more efficient utilisation is possible.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 150, 26 June 1915, Page 16
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146TO HARNESS VOLCANOES. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 150, 26 June 1915, Page 16
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