Hull is a small coastal town 13 km (8 miles) across the bay from Boston, and is only 8 km … Read more
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While searching for an original copy of the Smith-Putnam film, Gabriel Altman came across the patents for the turbine by … Read more
This article was initially published in Today’s Engineer on May 2013 from https://ethw.org/Palmer_Putnam’s_1.5_MW_Wind_Turbine Supplying electrical power generated from wind to … Read more
Prior to construction of the Smith-Putnam wind turbine Palmer Putnam ordered wind tunnel tests of various blade designs and blade … Read more
The drawings of the airfoils used in the Stanford wind tunnel tests are in a large format. To scan and … Read more
Photos of Model Tests of the Smith-Putnam Air Turbine conducted under the supervision of Elliott G. Reid, Guggenheim Aeronautic Laboratory, … Read more
Charts from Model Tests of the Smith-Putnam Air Turbine conducted under the supervision of Elliott G. Reid, Guggenheim Aeronautic Laboratory, … Read more
57-page final report on Model Tests of the Smith-Putnam Air Turbine conducted under the supervision of Elliott G. Reid, Guggenheim … Read more
To illustrate the role that Carl Wilcox played in the Smith-Putnam project, I’ve pulled together several citations as well as … Read more
To further illustrate the role of Carl Wilcox in the Smith-Putnam project, I searched the name index and pulled together … Read more
