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MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES 



THE AUSTIN CURRENT MOTOR. 



THE name " Current Motor" is applied 

 to a mechanism that utilizes the power 

 of the stream or current of a river in such 

 a way that it can be applied to operate 

 machinery. Several crude attempts have 

 been made in the past to accomplish this, 



the construction and maintenance of the 

 dam, and was only available where the 

 conditions were favorable, which necessa- 

 rily very much limited their use. The 

 current motor, however, can be used with- 

 out a dam, in any river, in any location in 

 the river where the water is deep enough 

 to admit it. 



AUSTIN CURRENT MOTOR. 



and the F. C. Austin Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, fully appreciating the advantages 

 and possibilities of generating power so 

 cheaplj , have invented and placed on the 

 market a practical current motor. 



Rivers have been utilized to run machin- 

 ery by damming them and using a water 

 wheel, but this necessitated the expense of 



There is almost no limit to the use to 

 which the power generated by a current 

 motor can be applied. For example, it 

 may be used for generating electricity for 

 electric lighting purposes, and for various 

 machines used on a farm now run by 

 steam, but its chief use will be in 

 connection with irrigation and mining. 



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