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THE THEORY OF THE STEAM TURBINE.
A Treatise on the History, Development, and Principles of Construction of the Steam Turbine.
By ALEXANDER JUDE.
Contents.—The Theory of the Steam Turbine.—Historical Notes on Turbines.—The Velocity of Steam.—Types of Steam Turbines.—Practical Turbines.—The Efficiency of Large Turbines.—The Trajectory of the Steam.—Efficiency of Turbines.—Turbine Vanes.—Disc Friction in Turbines.—Specific Heat of Superheated Steam.—Governing Steam Turbines.—Steam Consumption of Turbines.—The Whirling of Shafts.—Bibliography.—Index.
Works by BRYAN DONKIN, M.Inst.C.E., M.Inst.Mech.E., &c.
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