History Sources

External sources used for additional information, articles, and photographs involving the Jacobs Wind Electric Company history.

Cathodic Protection, A Symposium. (1949). The National Association of Corrosion Engineers.

Fletcher, J. E. (1955, April). The National Geographic Magazine, vol. 107, p. 547, 551

Grosvenor, M. B. (1957, July). Admiral of the Ends of the Earth. The National Geographic Magazine,
vol. 112, p. 42, 48.

Hoose, S. (January 7, 1982). Wind power propels family’s trade. The Minneapolis Star Community,
p. 3, 10.

Marier, D. (1985, September/October). Marcellus Jacobs: 1903-1985. Alternative Sources of Energy,
no. 75, p. 6.

Raasch, C. (April 5, 1983). Wind power on the brink of revival. USA TODAY, p. 1B, 2B.

Righter, R. W. (Winter 1996). Reaping the Wind, The Jacobs Brothers, Montana’s Pioneer ‘Windsmiths’. Montana The Magazine of Western History, p. 38-49.

Sepera, D. A. (April 1995). Bibliography of NASA-Related Publications on Wind Turbine Technology 1973-1995. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19950020314_1995120314.pdf

Shepherd, D. G. (1991). Historical Development of the Windmill. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910012312_1991012312.pdf

Yates, R. F. (1944, March). Anemometer Old Car Speedometer Gives it the Works. Mechanix Illustrated, vol. 31, p. 75-76,90-91.

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