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Displayed a Solar Engine
Displayed a Solar Engine
==Etymology==


==Before the Fair==
==Before the Fair==


==Description==
==Description==
 
To produce heat, the concessionaire will use 40,000 mirrors, each four feet square. The glasses so direct the rays that they converge in the interior of a furnace where heat is generated for running the "solar engine". Mr. Wideen claims that 10,000 degrees can be generated by his apparatus.
==After the Fair==
==After the Fair==



Latest revision as of 01:37, 27 November 2022

Sun's Rays
Alternative namesHarnessing the Sun
LocationThe Trail
No. of Buildings1


Displayed a Solar Engine

Before the Fair

Description

To produce heat, the concessionaire will use 40,000 mirrors, each four feet square. The glasses so direct the rays that they converge in the interior of a furnace where heat is generated for running the "solar engine". Mr. Wideen claims that 10,000 degrees can be generated by his apparatus.

After the Fair

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