Stationary steam engines, simple and compound; especially as adapted to light and power plants . !• 1Cli -f c. TJ I, \ tT ^ M/ m ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. 275 ing cylinder in which a disk spins, driving its supportingshaft at any required speed. These engines are coupleddirect to the dynamo, or to a fan or pump, and are much. The Tower Spherical Engine. used on shipboard when compactness and noiselessness aredemanded. This is one of the most singular forms ofsteam-engine yet successfully introduced. The steam-turbine constitutes a class of steam-enginewhich, although the first invented, and fa
Stationary steam engines, simple and compound; especially as adapted to light and power plants . !• 1Cli -f c. TJ I, \ tT ^ M/ m ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS. 275 ing cylinder in which a disk spins, driving its supportingshaft at any required speed. These engines are coupleddirect to the dynamo, or to a fan or pump, and are much. The Tower Spherical Engine. used on shipboard when compactness and noiselessness aredemanded. This is one of the most singular forms ofsteam-engine yet successfully introduced. The steam-turbine constitutes a class of steam-enginewhich, although the first invented, and familiar as a typeto all engineers from the days of Hero the Youiiger, andknown to have a high theoretical and moderately high actualefficiency, has been only experimentally used until a veryrecent date. That of Hero i^ illustrated in the next figure. 2 74 STEAM ENGINES FOR The Atwater engine of about 1840 was of this type, andwas said to be as economical as the engines of the timeof equal power. Steam-turbines of the inward-flow typehave been used by Gorman and others. The later compound steam-turbine has recently been
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