The British engineer who invented the practical steam turbine. As junior partner at Clarke, Chapman and Company of Gateshead-on-Tyne he set out to build a turbine fit to drive dynamos, filing his first patents on 23 April 1884, an invention his obituarists ranked with the work of Watt. The turbo-generator he created still produces most of the world's electricity, and his experimental ship Turbinia carried the turbine to sea.
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Death DateHe died at sea during a cruise to the West Indies. Defining ContributionInvented the practical steam turbine and turbo-generator, first patents 23 April 1884 1 Connections
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Source Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
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Source Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
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1. Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
Grace's Guide LtdCharles Algernon Parsons
Charles Algernon Parsons (June 13, 1854 - February 11, 1931) was a British engineer
Charles Algernon Parsons, 1931 Obituary
Sir Charles Parsons died on 11th February 1931 while on a cruise at sea.
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Sir Charles Algernon Parsons (13 June 1854 - 11 February 1931) was an Anglo-Irish mechanical engineer and inventor who designed the modern steam turbine in 1884.
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