Natural Sources Of Energy

Description: Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. Published in 1913, Natural Sources of Energy by A. H. Gibson is a foresighted investigation into the problem of sustainable energy. It offers a glimpse of early scientific views of how fossil fuels, wind, water and solar power could be used to create energy. Table of Contents: 1. The world's energy problem and the possibilities of its solution; 2. The transformations of energy; 3. The utilization of fossil fuels; 4. The utilization of solar heat; 5. The utilization of vegetation for power purposes; 6. The internal heat of the earth; 7. Water power; 8. Tidal power - wave motors; 9. Wind power; 10. Conclusions; References; Bibliography; Index.