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 386
diaphragm with its variousopenings, and it will be noted that the nozzles are setat an angle to the plane of revolution of the wheel. Fig. 138 is a diagram of the nozzles, moving bladesancf stationary blades of a two-stage Curtis steamturbine. The steam enters the nozzle openings at thetop,… … FIGURE 137. NOZZLE. After passing successively through the different sets cfmoving blades and stationary blades in the first stage,the steam passes into the second steam chest. Theflow of steam from this chamber to the second stageof buckets is also controlled by valves, but the functionof these…