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James Van Allen journal, 1951?-December 1954

Page 143

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17 March 1954 Tom Coor Rocky Hill, New Jersey phone: PR-1-3581 J4 -------------------------------------------- U. S. Consumption of electric energy as of March 1954 about 8,500,000,000 kilowatt hours per week (New York Times of 18 March 1954) ---------> ((8.5 x (10 exponent 9))/((24)(7))) = (50.5 x (10 exponent 6)) kw (average power consumption) or ((50.5 x (10 exponent 6))/(160 x (10 exponent 6)))=315 watts per person (average day and night) ---------------------------------------- Bertram's Pipe Shop 920 -- 14th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.
 
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