I have had no success searching for the acetylene gas industry that was=20
popular in this area (Mid North Carolina). Gas generators were buried

and Calcium Carbide was mined in the mountains. The entire Calcium=20
Carbide industry seems to have disappeared.


On 10/10/2018 9:59 PM, RussellMc wrote:
> In the early 1900's there were English homes that used weights in the ton=
s
> range that were cranked up by household staff and used to power the new
> fangle electric lighting systems.
> Any patents would be well over 100 years old.
>
> A single energy-input-person can typically deliver ~~=3D 50 Watts essenti=
ally
> continually

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John Ferrell W8CCW
    Julian NC 27283
  It is better to walk alone,
than with a crowd going the wrong direction.
                   --Diane Grant


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