No, not recently, not by a long shot. Paul Bergman found a piece of torn and twisted stainless steel on … Read more
Smith-Putnam
Another article on the history of wind turbine development has been published in the academic publication Wind Engineering, an imprint … Read more
“The turbine ran until March 26 when it threw a blade at 3.10 am. During this time it generated 61,780 … Read more
Eclectic. That’s the word that comes to mind when describing Philippe Brueyerre’s Retrofutur: une autre histoire des machines à vents. … Read more
We’ve finally posted the nearly 70 photos of the construction of the famous Smith-Putnam wind turbine of the 1940s on … Read more
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
