LIGHT FROM WIND POWER
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,— Mr. Fleetwood Chidell asks me to give my authority for stating that Mr. Henry Ford " found wind-power the cheapest way of obtaining his supply of electricity."
I have before me a letter from the manufacturers of the Aerolectric Wind Mills, of Mishawaka, Indiana, U.S.A., who write :-
" The largest manufacturer of gasoline engines in the world, Mr. Henry Ford, purchased several Aerolectric plants for his private estates, after his engineers had carefully canvassed the market for lighting plants, and had found that the Aerolectric was the most economical and efficient unit obtainable."
There are several British wind-power machines on the market ; we have one installed here in Sandwich, and it has proved itself most efficient. I will leave it to technical experts to say whether there is any advantage in using wind-power to pump water to a height, obtaining electricity by means of its subsequent fall.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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