Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1898 — Utilizing the Sun’s Heat. [ARTICLE]

Utilizing the Sun’s Heat.

A French scientist calculates that in an average day the sun will pour or two and a half acres of ground heat which might be turned into energy equal to the muscle power of 4,163 horses. Mr. Mouchot believed that this ■ heat might be utilized and made s o de the work now done by-steam and electricity. He found that by condensing the heat playing on less than a yard and a half of ground he could boll t\vo pints of water. By arresting sunshine and condensing it small steam engines have been operated successfully in Paris, but nothing has yet been done to realize practically the great hopes of revolutionizing civilization by using directly the enormous power whict comes to us daily from the sun. This power is calculated at that of 21G,000,000,060 horses, and a thousandth part of 1 per cent, of it would run all the factories the world will ever need.