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Definition of Turbines

1. turbine [n] - See also: turbine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turbines

Literary usage of Turbines

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1908)
"The Ideal Condensation for Steam turbines for Land and Marine Service (Die ... 84162 D. The Governing of Multiple Vane Steam turbines (Über die Regelung ..."

2. The Practice of Lubrication: An Engineering Treatise on the Origin, Nature by Thomas Christian Thomsen (1920)
"Large stationary turbines from 300 to 35000 HP operate; at lower speeds, ... Marine steam turbines are used for the propulsion of nearly all warships, ..."

3. Heat and Thermodynamics by Francis M. Hartmann (1911)
"The detailed descriptions of the various types of steam turbines and the attendant ... In steam turbines, as well as in water turbines, there are impulse ..."

4. The Practice of Lubrication: An Engineering Treatise on the Origin, Nature by Thomas Christian Thomsen (1920)
"Marine steam turbines are used for the propulsion of nearly all warships ... Marine steam turbines are frequently constructed with high pressure turbines, ..."

5. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1910)
"2 This paper treats of the smaller sizes of steam turbines from the standpoint of ... 4 Many thousand horsepower of these turbines have been sold nd are in ..."

6. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1904)
"One of the most interesting developments in mechanical engineering during the years 1902 and 1903 was the greatly ex tended use of steam turbines ..."

7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"In some turbines the whole » tillable energy of the water is converted into ... turbines л which part only of the available energy is converted into i-лаж ..."

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