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Steam turbine installation
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Notes and Comments.
[I. F. I.,
that he has been the recipient of, it m a y be well to say that in i9oI he was awarded the N o b e l prize instituted by the late Alfred Bernhard Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, for the m o s t important invention in the domain of physical science. A l t o g e t h e r it m a y be said that the active life of Professor R o e n t g e n has been one of close application to the exacting details of his chosen branch of science, and the merited recognition he has received for m a k i n g w h a t appears to be indisputably his discovery but illustrates that the world, after all, is quite willing to reward patient, honest workers w h o are willing and able to demonstrate that they are capable of doing s o m e t h i n g that no one else has done before. S T E A M T U R B I N E INSTALLATION. ÷
A unique steam t u r b i n e installation is about to be made at the Cumberland M!lls, Portland, Me. Most of the current for the present electric drive is supphed by a water-power plant, and t h e balance by a steam power plant. The new steam turbine will be used for relay purposes, trouble being sometimes experienced with the water-power system, due to irregularity of water-supply. The t u r b i n e is 54o horse-power, t a k i n g steam at 165 pounds pressure, after it has traversed the distance of 350 feet separating the boiler-house from the engine-house. Before e n t e r i n g the turbine t h e steam will be superheated about Ioo.° F. by means of an i n d e p e n d e n t superheater, fired by waste hydrogen gas rasing from electrolytic b a t h s used in the process of manufacturing at this plant. The gas has heretofore been a waste b y p r o d u c t . The steam "ecot~omy " will be about [3"5 pounds per electrical horse-power hour, which means about I I pounds per :ndicated horse-power h o u r . m I r o n Age. F R E N C H L A W OF E M P L O Y E R AND t~MPLOYEE A law still obtains in France, u n d e r which any workman who divulges information regarding a secret process practised in any industry, to a foreigner, or even to a F r e n c h m a n resident abroad, commits a penal offense, a n d for such is liable to a sentence r a n g i n g from two to five years' i m p r i s o n m e n t and a fine from $ioo to $4,ooo. H e is furthermore subjected to from five to ten years' police supervision after his release from jail. Even the communication of such informatiota to a n o t h e r F r e n c h m a n resident in France is punishable t h o u g h the sentence in this case is not so severe, t h e sentence varying from three m o n t h s to five 3 ears lmpmsonment, accompanied b) a fine r a n g lng from $3 to $4o. On the. other hand, a F r e n c h employer is entitled, without reserve, to any i n v e n t i o n or discovery made by a workman in his employ t h a t is within t h e scope of the work u n d e r t a k e n at the f a c t o r y - - S c i e n l i f l c z4 merican.
Notes and Comments.
[I. F. I.,
that he has been the recipient of, it m a y be well to say that in i9oI he was awarded the N o b e l prize instituted by the late Alfred Bernhard Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, for the m o s t important invention in the domain of physical science. A l t o g e t h e r it m a y be said that the active life of Professor R o e n t g e n has been one of close application to the exacting details of his chosen branch of science, and the merited recognition he has received for m a k i n g w h a t appears to be indisputably his discovery but illustrates that the world, after all, is quite willing to reward patient, honest workers w h o are willing and able to demonstrate that they are capable of doing s o m e t h i n g that no one else has done before. S T E A M T U R B I N E INSTALLATION. ÷
A unique steam t u r b i n e installation is about to be made at the Cumberland M!lls, Portland, Me. Most of the current for the present electric drive is supphed by a water-power plant, and t h e balance by a steam power plant. The new steam turbine will be used for relay purposes, trouble being sometimes experienced with the water-power system, due to irregularity of water-supply. The t u r b i n e is 54o horse-power, t a k i n g steam at 165 pounds pressure, after it has traversed the distance of 350 feet separating the boiler-house from the engine-house. Before e n t e r i n g the turbine t h e steam will be superheated about Ioo.° F. by means of an i n d e p e n d e n t superheater, fired by waste hydrogen gas rasing from electrolytic b a t h s used in the process of manufacturing at this plant. The gas has heretofore been a waste b y p r o d u c t . The steam "ecot~omy " will be about [3"5 pounds per electrical horse-power hour, which means about I I pounds per :ndicated horse-power h o u r . m I r o n Age. F R E N C H L A W OF E M P L O Y E R AND t~MPLOYEE A law still obtains in France, u n d e r which any workman who divulges information regarding a secret process practised in any industry, to a foreigner, or even to a F r e n c h m a n resident abroad, commits a penal offense, a n d for such is liable to a sentence r a n g i n g from two to five years' i m p r i s o n m e n t and a fine from $ioo to $4,ooo. H e is furthermore subjected to from five to ten years' police supervision after his release from jail. Even the communication of such informatiota to a n o t h e r F r e n c h m a n resident in France is punishable t h o u g h the sentence in this case is not so severe, t h e sentence varying from three m o n t h s to five 3 ears lmpmsonment, accompanied b) a fine r a n g lng from $3 to $4o. On the. other hand, a F r e n c h employer is entitled, without reserve, to any i n v e n t i o n or discovery made by a workman in his employ t h a t is within t h e scope of the work u n d e r t a k e n at the f a c t o r y - - S c i e n l i f l c z4 merican.