Charles Dickens walks into a bar and orders a martini.
The bartender asks, "Olive or twist?"
Early electricity from windIn 1892,“Electricity From Wind” was reported in the Cincinnati Enquirer, from the Philadelphia Record. Is said that“Owing to the comparative scarcity of water-power in many parts of England” to generate electricty, “attention has been given to wind power, of which the country is well supplied. A small experimental plant has been in operation at a flour-mill near London, the wind-mill supplying sufficient power to charge a storage battery, from which a number of arc and incandescent lamps were lighted nightly. Although the current obtained was small,” the experiment demonstrated the possibilities. The article suggested the use of wind-powered electricity generators at country houses on elevated ground. The article represents one example, not necessarily the first. Edison's incandescent lamp dates from 1879. Steam-powered central generating began in New York City in 1882.« |
