The measurement and control of small displacements
- 1 October 1967
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Physics Bulletin
- Vol. 18 (10), 325-336
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9112/18/10/004
Abstract
Charles Parsons stands among the greatest of the classical inventors. Son of the famous Earl of Rosse, he was impelled to invention not by personal profit but by a deep fascination with turning the natural world to human benefit. The steam turbine is, of course, the most celebrated of his inventions; and this in turn led him to develop the cutting of precision gears and to the study of propeller cavitation.Keywords
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