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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921. Excerpt: ... INDEX Acre-foot, 14, 16, 74 hour, 15, 17 Admiralty tide tables, 10, 13 Annual costs, 82, 83, 86, 90 Apogee, 8 Automatic control of plant, 105 Barometric pressure, 11 Barrages, 32-34, 79, 80 Basins, capacity of, 74 Basin systems, 37 et seq., comparison of, 67 Canadian water-power, 29, 96 Capacity of basins, 74, 77 Capital costs, 82, 85, 89, 90, 93, 96 involved, 95 Civil engineering aspects, 33 Coal conservation, 99 costs, 92 Comparison between cost of tidal and fuel power plant, 85 et seq., 90, 93 of basin systems, 67 Compressed air systems, 36 Constant head systems, 68 systems, 27, 32, 38 Contemporary tides, 12 Continuous working--Compared with intermit-tent, 67 Double basin, System D, 51, System E, 55 Treble basin, System F, 58, 73 Control of water, 62, 78, 105 Costs, 82, 83, 85 et seq., 90, 92, 96 Co-tidal lines, 12 Cusec, 15, 16 Dams, 77, 94 Dee, 32 Depreciation, 88 Design, factors influencing, 77o 98 Development prospects, 28, 72, 102 Developments, difficulties in, 25, 84 under consideration, 24, 95 et seq. Difficulties to be encountered, 25, 84 Distribution, electrical, 98, 108, 109 system, 27 Earth, rotation of, 1 Ebb, 4 Efficiency, corrections for, 18, 25, 77 Electrical aspects, 33, 105 distribution, 98, 108, 109 installations, 81 storage, 107 Electro-chemical uses, 27, 31, 101, 110 Equinoxes, 8 Establishment of localities, 11, 109 Estimates, 81, 83, 90, 93, 96 Examples, 18, 23, 69, 74, 90, 93, 96, 97, 109 Financial aspect, 82, 84 et seq., 90, 93, 95 Floats, 36 Flow of tide, 4, rate of, 15 Fore-bay, 62, 78 Formulae, 16, examples of use, 18 Fuel consumption, steam sta-tions, 91 Fundy, Bay of, 10, 23 Generators, choice of, 35, 81, 105 113 Head, constant, 68 limitations, 26, 68, working, 66 Height of tide, 12 High water, 4, 6 Hopewell, 24, 95 Horse-...
