Hydro-Electric Power Commission of the Province of Ontario Report 1908
by Hydro-Electric Power Commission of the Province of Ontario
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, 1908. Soft cover. Good. 102 p. 26 cm. Numerous tables, including one fold-out. Grey card covers with numerous chips to edges and spine. Date "1908" written in ink on front cover. A few tiny chips to bottom corners of first pages but otherwise text block clean and well-preserved.
Title continues: "The cost of power production through the agency of producer gas plants and other prime movers under the conditions obtaining in the Province of Ontario." Hon. Adam Beck is Chairman of the Commission. Topics include: considerations affecting the cost of power; producer gas plants; comparison with steam engine; insurance regulations; regulations under the British Factory Act; estimates of the cost of suction gas plants; steam plants; use of exhaust steam for heating; alcohol engines; insurance regulations re kerosene oil engines; fuel supply; wood for fuel; absence of local sources of coal supply in Ontario; water power in Ontario; hydro-electric power. Appendices.
Title continues: "The cost of power production through the agency of producer gas plants and other prime movers under the conditions obtaining in the Province of Ontario." Hon. Adam Beck is Chairman of the Commission. Topics include: considerations affecting the cost of power; producer gas plants; comparison with steam engine; insurance regulations; regulations under the British Factory Act; estimates of the cost of suction gas plants; steam plants; use of exhaust steam for heating; alcohol engines; insurance regulations re kerosene oil engines; fuel supply; wood for fuel; absence of local sources of coal supply in Ontario; water power in Ontario; hydro-electric power. Appendices.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 103571
- Title
- Hydro-Electric Power Commission of the Province of Ontario Report 1908
- Author
- Hydro-Electric Power Commission of the Province of Ontario
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Ontario, power, electricity, Adam Beck, gas, steam, insurance, alcohol, engines, kerosene, fuel, wood, coal, water, hydro
- Bookseller catalogs
- Technology; Ontario;
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