Charles Parsons

Background

An Anglo-Irish engineer.

Contribution

Invented the modern multi-stage steam turbine (1884), which became the dominant means of generating electricity and powering large ships.

Associated inventions

• The Steam Turbine

Sources & further reading

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• Encyclopædia Britannica — technology & biography topic articlesEncyclopædia Britannica · Encyclopedia
• ASME Historic Mechanical Engineering LandmarksAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · Professional body

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