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Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 524
llations. This advance from to-and-fro to rotaryaction extended irresistibly to steam as a motive power. It wasclear that if steam could be employed in a turbine somewhat aswater is, much of the complexity and loss inherent in reciprocatingengines would be brushed aside. A pioneer inventor in this… … o u C_i \—i m £ <: ij rt 3 H o Q ^ <; Cei f_^ w o CO £) O o in - P Pd £ W < h1 w X &£ w w < CO X u < STEAM TURBINES 453 of about 2,000 feet a second is required, a rate which no materialis strong enough to allow. De Laval by using the most tenaciousmetals for his turbines is able…
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