Twentieth century hand-book for steam engineers and electricians with questions and answers; a practical non-technical treatise .. (1913)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & company · leaf 599
dwould be 38,100 E. P. M. But such a speed is beyond 586 Steam Engineering the limits of strength of material^ and the speed of steamturbines is accordingly kept within the bounds of safety,and strength of material. Form of Blade.—The blades or buckets should be ofsuch form^ and curvature as will… … Fig. 238 exit from the guide, and rotating wheel is of the greatestimportance. In order to get the desired angle, the lastpart of the blade should be kept straight, at least to thefoot of the perpendicular dropped from A^, or the lengthA B in Fig. 238. Prom there on, the channel should leadin easy…
