Grubb Parsons
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Grubb Parsons was a historic manufacturer of telescopes, active in the 19th and 20th centuries. They built numerous large research telescopes, including several that were the largest in the world of their type.
Base of the 12-inch refracting telescope at V. P. Engel'gardt Astronomical Observatory, built in 1875 by the Grubb Telescope Company.
The 27-inch refractor at the Vienna Observatory, built by the Grubb Telescope Company in 1878.
The 74-inch for David Dunlap Observatory, under construction in Grubb Parsons' workshop in Newcastle
Charles Algernon Parsons
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Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, was an Irish engineer, best known for his invention of the compound steam turbine, and as the eponym of C. A. Parsons and Company. He worked as an engineer on dynamo and turbine design, and power generation, with great influence on the naval and electrical engineering fields. He also developed optical equipment for searchlights and telescopes.
Parsons' 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' steam turbine