The Archive · 1928

Britain Turning More and More to Electricity

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The changes in Great Britain which are being brought about by the present wide-spread demand for electricity even in remote country villages are some of the principal things which strike a visitor to England, according to Mr. T, H. U. Aldridge, MIE, MAUMBCH, FEL. Auee, Engineer-in-chief "and Manager of the SM.C. Electricity Department, Mr, Aldvidge has recently returned from several months in Great Britain and America where every endeavour is being made to produce more cheaply and to sell at lower cost the actuating power which electricity has become in a modern age, ing companies to share the results of their research tothe greater benefit of the whole industry.

'A tendency was seen; also, he said, to operate boilers and steam turbines at a much higher pressure and higher temperature of steam in order to effect greater economy in Production. There were two schools of thought, Mr, Aldridge said, one that pressure should be limited to 600 Ibs., per square inch, and the other advocating pressure as high as 1,200 Ibs, per square inch.

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