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on the laboratory building had, in the meantime, been exchanged for
an ordinary four-sail rotor. The problem was that the conical rotor in
this large size had been too heavy and unstable, but Sorensen would
not accept the removal and caused a lot of trouble in public, which
finally involved the Danish parliament.
The end result was that in future the State Wind Laboratory
should be a centre for information about the use and development
of electricity in the rural areas of Denmark. A Danish Wind
Electricity Society was formed and a consultant office was estab-
lished. A magazine
was published
four times a year. And finally, the training of the so-called “Country
Electricians”
Tidsskrift for Vind-Elektrisitet
(Landlige
Elektrikere)
began
in
1904
and
was
repeated every year until 1916.
Figure 4.16
The design of an electricity-producing mill for farms reco-
mmended by la Cour.
One of the students, Johannes Juul, was only 17. But the number
seven of his birth year 1887 looked very much like a four (1884)
on his application, so the impression was given that he was old
enough to participate. Of course this was discovered, and after
an extra year of practice he also received his diploma. He carried
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