MARVEL IN STEAM.
TURBINE EXPECTED TO BREAK ALL EECORDS. ....■„ LONDON, TSTov. 6.' A Swiss engineer named Cbrthesy, who has lived m this 1 country for several years, has patented a vemarkable riiodel of a turbine engine, which it is . claimed will revolutiomse marine engineering. A working model, which weighs only 301bs> develops 12 h.p. when driven 'ajb 4000 revolutions a minute, and . 16 : h.p. at 5000. ' - - ; . The patentee proposes purchasing an | obsolete torpedo-boat, which he intends to fit with the new type of engine, and send it down the Clyde at a speed hitherto unknown. : ' . •. The invention has been patented m every country,' and a company', to work it has .been registered ■at Somerset House. •■ "...
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11157, 21 December 1907, Page 7 (Supplement)
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115MARVEL IN STEAM. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11157, 21 December 1907, Page 7 (Supplement)
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