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HOME-BUILT [3 records]

Record 1 2013-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Rotary Machines - Types
  • Wind Energy
DEF

A home-built wind generator design by Hugh Piggott of Scotland.

CONT

Scoraig Wind Electric’s Hugh Piggott offers plans for turning a used brake drum into a 7-foot (2.1 m) diameter wind turbine that can churn out 300 to 400 watts. ... The brake-drum windmill also incorporates the durable "inside-out" alternator design found in several popular - and successful - small wind turbine designs.

Key term(s)
  • brake-drum wind mill
  • brakedrum wind mill

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines tournantes électriques - types
  • Énergie éolienne

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas rotativas eléctricas - tipos
  • Energía eólica
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Record 2 1997-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
Key term(s)
  • home-built boat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

(aircraft) (Inf. Circ. 0/26/62)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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