From Galaxies to Turbines: Science, Technology and the Parsons Family

ISBN-13: 9780750305822 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 596 str.

Garrett Scaife

Opis

This volume focuses on the inventions and discoveries made in particular by Charles Parsons and his father, the third Earl of Rosse at Birr Castle. The author aims to answer questions such as: why was the turbo-generator invented in 1884? And why was it Charles Parsons that accomplished this?

Spis treści

The Inventions Exhibition in London 1885. An Elizabethan Settler Family. Interest in Astronomy. Engineering a Giant Telescope. Scientific Achievement. The Family after the death of the 3rd Earl. The Parsons Brothers Enter Manufacturing Industry. A Practical Steam Turbine. Clarke-Chapman and Parsons, Partners. A New Start. A Marine Prototype. Obstacles Overcome. Turbine Blades and Propellers. Competitors and Licensees. Marine Applications. Technical Developments. Heaton Works Comes of Age. Aftermath of War. Other Inventive Endeavors. Optical Industries. Autumn of Life. An Assessment.

O autorze

Scaife, W.G.S