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 396
inges the vanes of thefe first running wheel at theproper angle and in a fullcylindrical belt, impart-ing by impulse a portionof its energy to the wheel.Passing through thevanes of this wheel, thesteam immediately entersthe vanes of the secondstationary disc, which arelarger in area than thoseof… … 386 ENGINEERING running wheel. This cycle is repeated throughout theseveral stages of the turbine, a certain percentage ofthe heat energy in the steam being imparted by impulseto each wheel and thence to the turbine shaft. Fromthe last running wheel the steam is led through re-ceiver pipes to the…
