INVENTOR OF TURBINE DEAD
LAST ILLNESS ON PLEASURE TOUR. SIR CHARLES PARSONS’ CAREER. (British Wireless.) Rec. 5.5 p.m. Rugby, Feb. 12. Sir Charles Parsons, the inventor of the Parsons steam turbine, described by Lord Kelvin as the greatest advantage since Watt’s day, died last night on board the Duchess of Richmond on a cruise to the West Indies. He had been ill four days. He was chairman of several engineering companies, and was long associated with scientific work. He was a past president of the British Association and in 1927 received the Order of Merit. It was in 1886, after many years’ experiment, that Sir Charles Parsons undertook the construction of the first turbine-propelled vessel, named Turbinia. The invention caused a practical revolution in steam machinery on land and sea.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 February 1931, Page 7
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