| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Adjective | 1. Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the evolution of electricity by means of a battery in which water or steam is used.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Hydro-electric" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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Note: Hydro-electric \Hy`dro-e*lec"tric\, adjective. [Hydro-, electric.]. (references) |
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| Hydro-electric machine | (Physics), an apparatus invented by Sir William Armstrong of England for generating electricity by the escape of high-pressure steam from a series of jets connected with a strong boiler, in which the steam is produced. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario | The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario was established in 1906 by the provincial Power Commission Act to build transmission lines to supply municipal utilities with electricity generated by private companies already operating at Niagara Falls. The first chairman was Adam Beck, minister without portfolio in the provincial government of Sir James P. Whitney. Beck had been a prominent advocate of a publicly owned electricity grid. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: HYDRO-ELECTRIC | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Galloway hydro-electric power scheme | 19 | Breadalbane hydro-electric power scheme | 12 | |
| Breadalbane hydro-electric power scheme | 12 | Galloway hydro-electric power scheme | 19 | |
| Tummel hydro-electric power scheme | 11 | North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board | 8 | |
| North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board | 8 | Tummel hydro-electric power scheme | 11 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
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