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Palmer Cosslett Putnam (1900–1984) was an American consulting engineer and wind-power pioneer, the son of George Haven Putnam and Emily (Smith) Putnam (1865–1944).〔http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/aww_03/aww_03_00987.html Emily Smith Putnam retrieved 2009 Nov 21〕 Putnam graduated from MIT in 1924 as a geologist 〔Robert Rakes Shrock , ''Geology at M.I.T., 1865-1965: a history of the first hundred years of geology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Vol. 2'' MIT Press, 1982, ISBN 0-262-19211-X , page 765〕 after serving in the RAF during World War I. He is known as the designer of the Smith-Putnam wind turbine installed in 1941 in Vermont, the first megawatt-scale wind turbine project. Putnam wrote on the subject of wind power including "Power from the Wind" published in 1948, with an introduction by Vannevar Bush, describing the Smith-Putnam project.〔http://www.ieee.org/organizations/pes/public/2009/nov/peshistory.html Carl Suzlberger, '' A Bold Effort in Vermont: The 1941 Smith=-Putnam Wind Turbine''〕 His book "Energy in the Future", 1953, was reviewed 〔http://books.google.ca/books?id=dh4uAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA50&dq=Palmer+Cosslett+Putnam#v=onepage&q=Palmer%20Cosslett%20Putnam&f=false〕 in the journal "Science". Putnam served as the president of G. P. Putnam's Sons publishing company from the time of his father's death until 1932. During the Second World War he worked on military projects including the DUKW amphibious vehicle. ==Publications== *1948: ''Power from the Wind'' (Van Nostrand) *1953: ''Energy in the Future'' (Van Nostrand) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Palmer Cosslett Putnam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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