Turbines
[tɜ:baɪnz]
Examples
- A series of turbines are set one after the other on the same axis, so that each takes steam from the preceding one, and passes it on to the next. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The highest speed ever attained, however, is by the British torpedo boat Viper, which is 210 feet long, and, like the Turbinia, is equipped with the Parsons steam turbines. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- His plan has since been tried on the Scheldt, but two turbines were substituted for his simple force pump. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The installation of turbines on ocean liners has been accompanied by great increase in speed, and by an almost corresponding decrease in the cost of maintenance. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- One of the largest turbines known has a horse power of about 20,000; that is, it is equivalent, approximately, to 20,000 horses. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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