Series Folder 1-3 - Letters from Sir Charles Parsons to his brother, Laurence Parsons, Earl of Rosse

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Parsons/Folder 1-3

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GB 275 Parsons/Folder 1-3

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Letters from Sir Charles Parsons to his brother, Laurence Parsons, Earl of Rosse

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  • 1890–1936 (Creation)

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47 letters paper

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(1854-1931)

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Admitted pensioner at St John's 1873; B.A. 1877; M.A. 1894; K.C.B. 1911; J.P. for Northumberland; High Sheriff 1910; President of the British Association 1919; F.R.S. 1898; Designed and built The Turbinia , the first turbine driven vessel, 1894. It is through his work that the turbine became the prime mover for the generation of electricity in the largest power stations and for the propulsion of the largest and fastest vessels.

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Presented by the Hon. G. L. Parsons, 1936.

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Concerns the development and testing of steam powered turbines, the Turbinia and other vessels.

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