The Evolution of the Parsons Steam Turbine An Account of Experimental Research on the Theory, Efficiency, and Mechanical Details of Land and Marine Reaction and Impulse-Reaction Turbines
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- THE EVOLUTION OF THE PARSONS STEAM TURBINE
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- PREFATORY NOTE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- ERRATA
- Introductory and Historical
- The Turbine from the Theoretical Standpoint
- Experiments on Mechanical Details of Turbines
- The Evolution of the Marine Turbine and its Applications to British Warships
- The Development of the Turbine in the British Merchant Service
- The Turbine in Foreign and Colonial Fleets
- Recent and Prospective Developments in Warship Turbines
- Recent and Prospective Developments in Merchant Ship Turbines
- Electric Generators and Turbines for Driving them
- Exhaust-Steam Turbines and Turbo-Air Compressors
- Parsons Turbines for Land Purposes on the Continent
- The Manufacture of Turbines
- The Heaton Works of Messrs. C. A. Parsons and Co
- Parsons Marine Turbine Works at Wallsend
- Index
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- THE EVOLUTION OF THE PARSONS STEAM TURBINE
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- PREFATORY NOTE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- ERRATA
- Introductory and Historical
- The Turbine from the Theoretical Standpoint
- Experiments on Mechanical Details of Turbines
- The Evolution of the Marine Turbine and its Applications to British Warships
- The Development of the Turbine in the British Merchant Service
- The Turbine in Foreign and Colonial Fleets
- Recent and Prospective Developments in Warship Turbines
- Recent and Prospective Developments in Merchant Ship Turbines
- Electric Generators and Turbines for Driving them
- Exhaust-Steam Turbines and Turbo-Air Compressors
- Parsons Turbines for Land Purposes on the Continent
- The Manufacture of Turbines
- The Heaton Works of Messrs. C. A. Parsons and Co
- Parsons Marine Turbine Works at Wallsend
- Index
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- The Evolution of the Parsons Steam TurbineAn Account of Experimental Research on the Theory, Efficiency, and Mechanical Details of Land and Marine Reaction and Impulse-Reaction Turbines, pp. iiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1911