Compressed Air: Experiments Upon the Transmission of Power by Compressed Air in Paris (Popp's System. ) (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Compressed Air: Experiments Upon the Transmission of Power by Compressed Air in Paris (Popp's System.)

The transmission of power by com pressed air has, in this country, been chiefly confined to tunnelling and min ing operations; and while some of the plants for the generation of compressed air are large, no single plant is of such capacity as that in the Central Station of the Paris Compressed Air oo., where there may now be horse-power generating compressed air.

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