Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1884 — Sand as a Motive Power. [ARTICLE]

Sand as a Motive Power.

In Nevada the scarcity of water has prompted the nse of sand to drive an over-shot Wheel. A wind wheel runs a belt containing a large number of baskets and these carry the sand into a large tank and a large stream of sand is allowed to fall on the over-shot wheel, which operates just the same as water. When there is much wind sand is stored up for use when calm prevails, so the j machinery is never idle. After a suffij cient quantity of sand has once been ao- ! cumulated there is no more trouble on that seore, the same sand being used over and over.— Exchange. : It appears that the leaf of a plant • can transform into useful work as much as 40 per cent, of the solar energy it receives and absorbs. Be true to yourself and then.you will be true to others. A better record can no man desire. %