| Description |
322 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
An Organic gardening and farming book |
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Organic gardening and farming book.
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| Contents |
Wind power. Electricity from the wind : ready-made units / Henry Clews -- Do-it-yourself wind generators / James B. DeKorne -- Water power. Small water power sites ; Building a hydraulic ram / Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) -- Wood power. Heating and cooking with wood / Ken Kern -- Methane power. Methane gas digesters for fuel and fertilizer / The New Alchemy Institute West -- Our four-cow bio-gas plant / Sharon and James Whitehurst -- Solar power. Space heating with solar energy / Robert F. Girvan -- Homemade solar water heaters / Steven M. Ridenour -- Appendix I : Combining alternate energy systems / Donald Marrier, Ronald Weintraub, and Sandra Fulton Eccli -- Appendix II : Conservation of energy in existing structures / Eugene Eccli |
| Summary |
Discusses wind and water power, solar energy, and energy from wood and from farm wastes and explains how to harness these power sources for home use |
| Notes |
One copy published: New York: Vintage Books, 1975, c1974 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [297]-308 |
| Subject |
Power resources.
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Power resources.
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| LC no. |
74010765 |
| ISBN |
0878570888 |
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