Steam turbine engines : their construction, care and operation (1910)
Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), b. 1846 · Chicago : Frederick J. Drake · leaf 14
FOUR WE8TINGH0USE-PAB60NS STEAM TURBINES Principle of 9 reciprocating engine, the engineer in charge of a tnrbinoplant should be familiar -uith the interior construction ofthe machines under his charge, and he should know whatto do, and what to avoid in order to keep them in continualand eflScient… … Fig. 236 The steam turbine in principle, and even in type is notnew, being in fact the first heat motor of which we haveany record in steam engineering. One of the earliest descriptions of a de\ice for convert-ing the power of steam into work was recorded by Hero,a learned writer who flourished in…
Steam-engines -- Design and construction · Steam-turbines -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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