Charles Algernon Parsons
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Sir Charles Algernon Parsons was an Anglo-Irish mechanical engineer and inventor who designed the modern steam turbine in 1884. His invention revolutionised marine propulsion, and he was also the foun
Charles Algernon Parsons
Parsons's first 1 MW turbogenerator built for the city of Elberfeld, Germany, in 1899 produced single-phase electricity at 4 kV
The first steam turbine-powered ship Turbinia: fastest in the world at that time
HMS Dreadnought, considered the first modern battleship. In 1906 it was the fastest in the world due to Parsons's steam turbine.
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, was an Irish engineer and astronomer. He built several giant telescopes. His 72-inch telescope, built in 1845 and colloquially known as the "Leviathan of Parsonstow
Charles Algernon Parsons
…Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland. Parsons was born into an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family on 13 June 1854 in London as the youngest son of the astronomer William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse. The family seat is Birr Castle, County Offaly, Ireland, and the town of Birr was called Parsonstown, after the family, from 1620 to 1901. With his…
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse by Maull and Polyblank crop
Drawing of the Whirlpool Galaxy by Rosse in 1845
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The largest telescope of the 19th century, the Leviathan of Parsonstown.