Popular Science Monthly 



97 



Electric Plant 



Run by an 

 Artesian Well 



ARTRSIAN, 

 flowing, or 

 spouting wells 

 are witlely used 

 for irrigation in 

 the West, and 

 for general wa- 

 ter supplies in 

 various parts of 

 the country, but 

 seldom is a sin- 

 gle well made to 

 serve such a va- 

 riety of purposes 

 as the one 

 shown in the 

 photograph, 



Electric current enough is generated by this plant, run by 



an artesian well, to operate a farm-mill, feed-chopper, lathe and 



other machinery used on the farm 



simply because it drixes the machinery 

 of an electric plant. The well and plant 

 are located on a farm near Midville, 

 Georgia. Such is the water pressure that 

 current enough is generated to supply 

 the house and barn with light, and power 

 for the running of a farm mill, feed- 

 chopper, lathe, a clothes-washer and 

 several other labor-saving devices for the 

 house, such as are generally operated by 

 progressive farmers with small gasoline 

 engine plants. 



The well furnishes an ideal water sup- 

 ply for the farm and house, the water 

 being piped to a submerged tank under 

 the house, which supplies both stories 

 on tap. The water thus does double 

 duty. Since the supply from the well is 

 ample, the owner is contemplating the 

 irrigation of about an acre of garden 

 land from a small concrete basin or 

 reservoir into which the water can be 

 run from the well and allowed to warm 

 before reaching the land. 



Air-Propeller Drives Bicycle 



A SURE way of making the other fel- 

 low, including the motor-cyclist, 

 take his dust, is open to the bicyclist 



With the air-propeller attachment a speed 

 thirty miles an hour has been attained 



with an air-propeller driver by a two- 

 horsepower engine compactly mounted 

 on a rear frame attachment. The manu- 

 facturer was so pleased with the re- 

 sults attained by his propeller 

 fitted to rowboats, canoes and 

 small, light vehicles, that he 

 adapted his device to bicycles. 

 It is claimed that, fitted to a 

 four-wheeled truck known as a 

 "motor-bob" or "wind-wagon," 

 a speed of thirty miles an hour 

 has been made. 



Since the mechanism is 

 mounted on a rear frame there 

 is little engine \-ibration. The 

 fuel tank is situated under the 

 saddle, and the speed is con- 

 trolled by wires leading from 

 the engine to the handlebars. 

 A bicycle equipped with an air- 

 propeller will afford much pleas- 

 ure to the user. 



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