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Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 526
^ <; 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 to give their swiftest parts a… … A, De Laval nozzle and valve in section.C, Turbine wheel. B, Turbine buckets. expand fully with all the effect realized in a steam cylinder pro-vided with expansion valve gear. Another device of De Lavalwhich makes his turbine a safe and desirable prime mover is theflexible shaft which has a…
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