Abstract
THE idea of the development of power by utilising the tides is not new, but interest in the subject has been stimulated recently by the enunciation of the Severn scheme. The non-technical reader will find a number of modern proposals discussed in this book, together with estimates of costs, working expenses, and the probable power which may be obtained. Owing to the lack of practical experience on the large scale, a good deal of the matter presented is speculative; indeed, as the author himself states, there is ample scope for the display of originality, as this field is practically untrodden. He is right in advocating research, and we trust that there will be adequate research work done prior to the undertaking of any gigantic schemes.
Tidal Power.
By A. M. A. Struben. (Pitman's Technical Primers.) Pp. xii + 115. (London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd., 1921.) 2s. 6d. net.
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Tidal Power . Nature 108, 564 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/108564c0
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