Steam turbine
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A steam turbine or steam turbine engine is a machine or heat engine that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work utilising a rotating output shaft. Its modern
The rotor of a modern steam turbine used in a power plant
A 250 kW industrial steam turbine from 1910 (right) directly linked to a generator (left)
The first steam turbine-powered ship Turbinia: fastest in the world in 1894
A steam turbine without its top cover
HMS Dreadnought (1906)
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HMS Dreadnought was a Royal Navy battleship, the design of which revolutionised naval power. The ship's entry into service in 1906 represented such an advance in naval technology that her name came to
Steam turbine
…velocity-compounded impulse stages is called a pressure-velocity compounded turbine. By 1905, when steam turbines were coming into use on fast ships (such as HMS Dreadnought) and in land-based power applications, it had been determined that it was desirable to use one or more Curtis wheels at the beginning of a multi-stage…
Dreadnought at sea in 1906
"Intermediate-dreadnought" Satsuma
Turret with twin 12-inch Mk X guns. Two 12-pounder guns are mounted on the roof for defence against torpedo boats.
12-pounder guns mounted on 'X' turret; note the sighting hoods on the turret roof.