All About Inventions and Discoveries
The Romance of modern scientific and mechanical Achievements
Forfatter: Frederick A. Talbot
År: 1916
Forlag: Cassell and Company, LTD
Sted: London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne
Sider: 376
UDK: 6(09)
With a Colour Plate and numerous Black-and-White Illustrations.
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The Steam Turbine 215
watts, representing an aggregate of 225,000 kilo-
watts operated by the running water. The Mississippi
is generally described as the untamable waterway,
but in this instance it has been trapped very effectively,
and is contributing very significantly to the amenities
of the communities scattered far and wide throughout
the valley.
While the turbine has made a phenomenal advance
during the brief span of its present existence, and
may seem to be threatening its reciprocating rival,
there is little danger of the latter being driven into
oblivion. Indeed, in certain phases of application,
such as commercial navigation, the ideal steam-engine
of the moment comprises a combination of the two
methods of operation. The steam upon issuing from
the turbines is far from being absolutely “ spent.”
It still possesses sufficient life to perform further
useful work, and so is passed to the reciprocating
engine, where the last ounce of energy is wrung out
of it.