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MR. A. A. CAMPBELL SWINTON, in his letter on the above subject in NATURE of December 18, states that βit is hopeless to expect to be able to effect anything of this nature with the heat-engine, for with this we should scarcely reach the 2 per cent, efficiency nearly attained by vegetation.β
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ACKERMANN, A. Power from the Sun. Nature 104, 500 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/104500b0
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