SMES- An opportunity for global energy, economic and environmental integration

✍ Scribed by Philip D. Baumann

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 177 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0964-1807
• DOI: 10.1016/0964-1807(93)90446-9

✦ Synopsis

Through the centuries, many discoveries and technologies have had the opportunity to impact and enhance the existence of mankind and his environs on Earth. Some of these technologies include the wheel, the early development of water power, ships, steam engines, internal combustion engines, generators and electricity, microscopes, telescopes, automobiles, airplanes, X-ray machines, radio, television, radar, sonar, submarines, nuclear energy for peaceful power uses, microwave communications systems, computers, space vehicles, satellites, and MRI machines.

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