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020 _a9781107262249 (ebook)
020 _z9781108070089 (paperback)
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_beng
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050 4 _aTJ740.P2
_bR5 2014
082 0 4 _a621.165
_223
100 1 _aRichardson, Alex.
_q(Alexander),
_d1864-1928,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe evolution of the Parsons steam turbine :
_ban account of experimental research on the theory, efficiency, and mechanical details of land and marine reaction and impulse-reaction turbines /
_cAlexander Richardson.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2014.
300 _a1 online resource (xviii, 264 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge library collection. Technology
500 _aOriginally published in London by Offices of Engineering in 1911.
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016).
520 _aResponsible for the generation of most of the world's electricity, and with applications to sea and land transport, the steam turbine may be regarded as a pivotal invention in the creation of a technologically advanced modern society. Charles Parsons (1854-1931) built the first practical steam turbine in 1884, and he remained at the forefront of its development for nearly fifty years, as he saw his invention become first the prime means by which thermal energy could be turned into electricity, and then the power behind pioneering cruise liners and warships. Alexander Richardson (1864-1928), an engineer and politician, had access to the inventor's papers when writing this account of the turbine's history. Published in 1911, and featuring more than 170 illustrative plates, it provides a valuable insight into the development of a technology that revolutionised power generation, marine transport and naval warfare.
650 0 _aSteam-turbines
_xHistory.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108070089
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107262249
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