Glacier County chief., 1939-12-29

ploying an aeroplane-type propeller to
drive the generator instead of the
avy, cumbersome windmill
| wheel.
During the World war small radio
transmitters were operated by cleo
tricity developed from generator
driven with a two-blade. propeller
applied to the Jacobs wind electric
plant. A 10-foot propeller replaced the
old windmill wheel. This new-type pro-
peller was a vast improvement over
the windmill wheel. 1t produced great
er power in light winds. Again, control
of the speed of the propeller was a
problem. Various methods of governing
the speed were tried over a two-year
period. While searching for a solution
! to this problem, the Jacobs brothers
discovered that three-blade propeller
afforded better balance and eliminated
inherent vibration present in all two
blade propellers. This principle has
since been recognized by aeronautical
engineers and now practically all aero
planes use the three-blade design for
smoother operation.
First Plant Built in 1927
Joseph designed and built the first
three-blade, flyball-governed, variable
pitch, propeller-driven, automatic wind
electric plant in 1927. 1t marked the
greatest development in wind electric
plants of all time. Today, wind electric
plants bearing the inventors name are
known and used throughout the world.
They are recognized as the finest on
the market.
After extended testing of this history
making invention. patents were secured
and Joseph and M. L. Jacobs, with
the help of their brothers, organized
a corporation to engage in the manu-
facture and sale of wind electric plants.
This corporation is known as the
Jacobs Wind Electric CO. It owns and
operates a modern factory with over
$4,000 square feet of floor space, in
Minneapolis, MINI. From this plant
thousands Of wind electric plants have
been shipped to every corner of the
globe.
Jacobs wind electric plants are pro-
viding free electricity to perform a
hundred and one different tasks on
thousands of farms and ranches. Wind,
which nature has supplied SO album
dainty to most sections of the world,
has been successfully harneSsed to do
the work Of man.
The original Jacobs wind electric
plant now includes many improve
ments. The battery charging rate is
charging and adding many years to
the life of the batteries. This feature
makes the plant fully automatic. Bat
terry experts say it's the greatest i'm
provement ever made in wind electric
plants to insure longer life for the
batteries.
Admiral Richard E. Byrd selected
the Jacobs wind electric plant for his
South pole camp at Little America.
Admiral Byrd and other officers of the
expedition report that it gave perfect
service through the storms and cold
Of the Antarctic night. The Jacobs
Wind Electric Co. was advised of its
wonderful performance record in a
wireless cablegram direct from the
Antarctic base
From a small beginning on a Mon
tana ranch to a company doing
million dollar business and operating
in all parts of the world-that's the
story of the development of the Jacobs
wind electric plant and the Jacobs
Wind Electric Co. President Joseph
II. Jacobs and General Manager M.
L. Jacobs are continually developing
improvements and additional products
for greater manufacturing volume and
expansion