Twentieth century hand-book for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers .. (1905)
Swingle, C. F. [from old catalog], Horstmann, Henry Charles, 1858- [from old catalog], Tousley, Victor Hugo, 1875- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co. · leaf 369
of the particles of steam 358 ENGINEERING expanding from a high to a lower pressure, and thismotion the steam turbine transforms into work. One of the earliest descriptions of a device for con-verting the power of steam into work was recorded byHero, a learned writer who flourished in the city… … .FIGURE 128. metallic globe that revolved on trunnions C and D,one of which terminated in a pivot at E, while theother was hollow and conveyed the steam generated inthe boiler B to the interior of the globe or ball, fromwhich it escaped through the hollow bent tubes H andI, and the reaction of the…
