Twentieth century inventions, a forecastLongmans, Green, and Company, 1901 - 286 pages |
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... turbine steam - engines designed for electric lighting . The object was to get an initial speed which would be so great as to admit of the coupling of the dynamo to the revolving shaft of the turbine steam - motor , without the ...
... turbine steam - engines designed for electric lighting . The object was to get an initial speed which would be so great as to admit of the coupling of the dynamo to the revolving shaft of the turbine steam - motor , without the ...
Page 71
... of electrical impulses of high voltage will run along a wire , the one alternating with the other and each series filling up the gaps left between the others . CHAPTER IV . ARTIFICIAL POWER . THE steam - turbine STORAGE OF POWER . 71.
... of electrical impulses of high voltage will run along a wire , the one alternating with the other and each series filling up the gaps left between the others . CHAPTER IV . ARTIFICIAL POWER . THE steam - turbine STORAGE OF POWER . 71.
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... turbine gave rise to much waste of inventive energy and of money ; but the more recent and more distinctly successful types of machine have been constructed with a clear understanding that the windmill is the true precursor of the steam ...
... turbine gave rise to much waste of inventive energy and of money ; but the more recent and more distinctly successful types of machine have been constructed with a clear understanding that the windmill is the true precursor of the steam ...
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... turbine must , therefore , be essentially a motor of very great initial speed ; and the efforts of recent inventors have been wisely directed in the first instance to the object of applying it to those purposes for which machinery could ...
... turbine must , therefore , be essentially a motor of very great initial speed ; and the efforts of recent inventors have been wisely directed in the first instance to the object of applying it to those purposes for which machinery could ...
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... turbine and a water - turbine being fixed on the same shaft and the latter being used for the propulsion of a vessel at sea . In this case it is obvious that , by a suitable adjust- ment of the pitch of screw adopted in both cases , a ...
... turbine and a water - turbine being fixed on the same shaft and the latter being used for the propulsion of a vessel at sea . In this case it is obvious that , by a suitable adjust- ment of the pitch of screw adopted in both cases , a ...
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