Hawkins, Victor Dean, 1875- · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 131
nozzles at a. a. comes withgreat velocity to the moving blades 6. These are drivenforward, not by steam pressure but by the kinetic energyof its impact. The second row of blades (c) is held sta-tionary to change the direction of the steam so that it willstrike the next row of moving blades the same… … Moving.Blades StationaryBlades MovingBlades FIG. 88. circles of larger diameter. The turbine is not reversibleand works at its best efficiency when running at high speed for a long continuedrun. They occupy muchless space than reciprocat-ing engines of the samehorse-power. These factscombine to…
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