• Two American engineers, H.E. Willsie and John Boyle, set up the Willsie Sun Co. in St. Louis in 1904. A solar power plant using amonia drove a six horsepower engine, but the inventors decided to move to the desert of California to continue tests. • By 1908 they built a system that had overcome many of the traditional problems of solar energy. •The engine heated water in two stages of flat plate hot boxes, then used the pool of hot water as a heat source for a sulphur dioxide pump. Since hot water could be stored throughout the night, and still run the pump, the intermittant nature of solar energy was not a problem. • The sun plant cost $164 per hp, compared to $40 to $90 for a conventional plant. For a while, operating costs favored the solar plant in the Southwest, where coal was hard to get. •Willsie claimed the plant would pay for itself in two years. But when motors that used coal gas (4 times more efficient) were introduced, the savings became more elusive, and the Willsie company went out of business.
What a bunch of nonsense....how do we have this video if they had no movies and videos and photos..... rediculouse!!! BBC, PBS Propaganda at it's finest.....
Meaning...since people didn't have those things, they used the state fair for that type of entertainment ...like the era with no cell phones🤔🤔🤔 and now we have them🧐🧐🧐
@@ms.mcnutt they...our puppetier's /controller's I think had and have everything....held it all back until they wanted to introduce it... We are creating to be their slaves and have been man ipulated from the start......our whole history is fake!
@Kathryn Ralli I don't know how your mind is set up...but I was raised on PBS and still watch. I don't know where your getting your info or why you feel that way about an educational channel. No bad vibes...positive vibes only...carry on 👋🏽
@@ms.mcnutt That's how your mind is set up..that's their intention......Tell Lie Vision Programing..Channeling to your and everyone that watches the BOX brain.......education.....all lies....it was hard for me I can tell you when I started to figure it out.....stay safe and well..... sincerely.....our whole history is FAKE NEWS.
@Kathryn Ralli PBS is not the government that lies to you. PBS is an educational channel that can be viewed in many ways. All news is what you make of it...lol...ur funny but narrow minded as well. This station does not come on tv and say "you must believe everything they broadcast". Malcolm X said it best...the news will only show you what it wants to show you, it's up to you to do your research 🧐🤣🤣🤣
• Two American
engineers, H.E. Willsie and John Boyle, set
up the Willsie Sun Co. in St. Louis
in 1904. A
solar power plant using amonia
drove a six horsepower engine, but the inventors decided to move to the desert
of California to continue tests.
• By 1908 they built a
system that had overcome many of the traditional problems of solar energy.
•The engine heated
water in two stages of flat plate hot boxes, then used the pool of hot water as
a heat source for a sulphur dioxide pump. Since
hot water could be stored throughout the night, and still run the pump, the intermittant nature of solar
energy was not a problem.
• The sun plant cost
$164 per hp, compared to $40 to $90 for a conventional plant. For a while,
operating costs favored the solar plant in the Southwest, where coal was hard
to get.
•Willsie claimed the plant
would pay for itself in two years. But when motors that used coal gas (4 times
more efficient) were introduced, the savings became more elusive, and the Willsie company went out of
business.
I breath the St Louis air everyday
thanx for the awesome doc of St Louis
Where did they get babies from to put on display in incubators? 🤨
What a bunch of nonsense....how do we have this video if they had no movies and videos and photos..... rediculouse!!! BBC, PBS Propaganda at it's finest.....
Meaning...since people didn't have those things, they used the state fair for that type of entertainment ...like the era with no cell phones🤔🤔🤔 and now we have them🧐🧐🧐
@@ms.mcnutt they...our puppetier's /controller's I think had and have everything....held it all back until they wanted to introduce it... We are creating to be their slaves and have been man ipulated from the start......our whole history is fake!
@Kathryn Ralli I don't know how your mind is set up...but I was raised on PBS and still watch. I don't know where your getting your info or why you feel that way about an educational channel. No bad vibes...positive vibes only...carry on 👋🏽
@@ms.mcnutt That's how your mind is set up..that's their intention......Tell Lie Vision Programing..Channeling to your and everyone that watches the BOX brain.......education.....all lies....it was hard for me I can tell you when I started to figure it out.....stay safe and well..... sincerely.....our whole history is FAKE NEWS.
@Kathryn Ralli PBS is not the government that lies to you. PBS is an educational channel that can be viewed in many ways. All news is what you make of it...lol...ur funny but narrow minded as well. This station does not come on tv and say "you must believe everything they broadcast". Malcolm X said it best...the news will only show you what it wants to show you, it's up to you to do your research 🧐🤣🤣🤣