Excerpt from The Society of Engineers (Incorporated): Transactions for 1910 Modern methods and requirements have led to the evolution of a different type of wind motor, more 'closely resembling the water turbine, though not strictly included under the definition of a turbine, which has stationary guide blades as well as rotating vanes. In this form the wind motor has taken a new lease of life, and is capable of rendering valuable service to mankind. By far the most common application of the machine is to the pumping of water in country districts, for consumption, irrigation or drainage, one of the main reasons for this being the fact that the water need not be pumped continuously. It is here that we meet with the great drawback to the use of wind power - its variability from moment to moment, and even total cessation possibly for many days in succession. W ater may be pumped into a reservoir for storage at any time when the wind supplies the necessary power, or allowed to accumulate in a low-level reservoir in the case 01 drainage when the wind does not serve, and thus the power of the wind may be utilised to the best advantage, in spite of its fickle nature. Storage, in fact, is the necessary condition which must be fulfilled if the inexhaustible store of energy placed at our disposal by the movement of the air is to be made conveniently available for practical application. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.