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	Charles Algernon Parsons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir Charles Algernon Parsons (June 13, 1854 – February 11, 1931) was a Irish engineer, best known for his invention of the steam turbine.
		His company still survives in the Heaton area of Newcastle and is now part of Siemens, a German conglomerate.
		Sometimes referred to as Siemens Parsons, the company recently completed a major redevelopment programme, reducing the size of its site by around three quarters and installing the latest manufacturing technology.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Algernon_Parsons (256 words)

	The Steam Turbine and Other Inventions of Sir Charles Parsons by R H Parsons
		Parsons, again, was the first engineer to take practical advantage of the possibility of effecting an improvement of the thermodynamic cycle of a steam turbine plant by the regenerative heating of the feed water, a development for which he acknowledged his indebtedness to the original proposal of Mr James Weir in 1876.
		Parsons realised that the only real solution to the problem was to be found in providing some connection between the turbine and the propeller shaft which would enable each to run at the speed most conducive to efficiency, and he therefore turned his attention again to the possibilities of mechanical gearing.
		Parsons was not bound by the precedents of the industry, and he at once applied his wonderful mechanical and scientific knowledge to the improvement of the processes employed.
	www.houseofdavid.ca /parsons.htm (11742 words)

	Charles Algernon Parsons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Selected Poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne (University of Toronto English Library) Offers a sizeable selection of Swinburne's verse, along with notes on the poet's life and work.
		Parsons Family Association Descendants of Cornet Joseph Parsons and his brother Deacon Benjamin Parsons; includes a searchable database and family history.
		Algernon Blackwood Biography and bibliography of this English writer of ghost stories and supernatural fiction.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Charles_Algernon_Parsons.html (433 words)

	Parsons, Charles Algernon - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Parsons, Charles Algernon
		English engineer who invented the Parsons steam turbine in 1884, a landmark in marine engineering and later universally used in electricity generation to drive an alternator.
		Parsons developed more efficient screw propellers for ships and suitable gearing to widen the turbine's usefulness, both on land and sea.
		Parsons was born in London and studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Cambridge.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Parsons%2c+Charles+Algernon (223 words)

	Parsons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Camp Parsons, a Boy Scout camp in Washington.
		Parsons College, a college that closed in the 1970s that had been located in Fairfield, Iowa.
		Charles Algernon Parsons, engineer, best known for his invention of the steam turbine
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parsons (141 words)

	In Memoriam: RMS Titanic: The Engines
		Sir Charles Parsons, born in 1854 and raised in Birr Castle, Parsonstown, Ireland, had a fascination with mechanics throughout his life.
		Parsons recognized the possibilities of the marine turbine as an economic means of propulsion early on.
		As Parsons envisioned, this stunt sparked interest in the use of turbines for marine propulsion.
	www.dellamente.com /titanic/engines3.htm (555 words)

	Parsons, Sir Charles Algernon on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		His first turbines were constructed to drive generators to produce electricity.
		In 1897, Parsons constructed the Turbinia, the first vessel to be propelled by turbines.
		Parsons also invented a device for improving phonographs, pioneered in aviation, and produced a nonskid device for automobile tires.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/ParsonC1.asp (237 words)

	Charles Algernon Parsons, Sir Biography / Biography of Charles Algernon Parsons, Sir Biography Biography
		Sir Charles Algernon Parsons (1854-1931) was a British engineer who perfected the steam turbine that bears his name.
		Charles Parsons was born on June 13, 1854, in London.
		Charles and his brothers were tutored by eminent scholars working in his father's observatory at Birr Castle, Parsonstown (now called Birr), in King's County, Ireland (Offalay, Eire).
	www.bookrags.com /biography-charles-algernon-parsons-sir (561 words)

	Charles Parsons
		Born at 13 Connaught Place, Hyde Park, London on June 13 1854 Parsons was the youngest of the six sons of the earl of Rosse, President of the Royal Society, who was famous in the scientific world for his construction of the great 6 ft reflecting telescope at the family seat, Birr Castle, Ireland.
		In 1894 Parsons took out patent No. 394 for 'Propelling a vessel by means of a steam turbine, which turbine actuates the propeller or paddle shaft directly or through gearing'.
		In 1912 Parsons wrote to Lord Fisher stating 'I have come to the conclusion that gearing between engines and screw shafting will be essential.' As a result the destroyers HMSs Badger and Beaver with partial gearing (1911) and HMSs Leonidas and Lucifer with fully single reduction gearing (1913) were produced.
	www.btinternet.com /~philipr/Parsons.htm (1520 words)

	WILLIAM PARSONS, 3RD EARL OF ROSSE - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM PARSONS, 3RD EARL OF ROSSE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The eldest, Lawrence Parsons, 4th earl of Rosse, and Baron Oxmantown, born on the 17th of November 1840, succeeded to the title on his fathers death, and made many investigations on the heavenly bodies, particularly on the radiation of the moon and related physical questions; the youngest, the Hon.
		Charles Algernon Parsons, born on the 13th of June 1854, is famous for his commercial development of the steam turbine.
		The first constructor of reflecting telescopes on a large scale, William Herschel, never published anything about his methods of casting and polishing specula, and he does not appear to have been very successful beyond specula of 18 in.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RO/ROSSE_WILLIAM_PARSONS_3RD_EARL_OF.htm (756 words)

	Auxetophone Technical Comments
		Charles Algernon Parsons filed on April 12, 1904 for a patent on a phonograph reproducer using Short’s compressed air amplification method (Granted April 17, 1906, US Patent No.817,686).
		Parsons mentions the work of others in this patent and in particular the work of Thomas A Edison as it relates to compressed air amplification of sound.
		Parsons’ also patented a violin that used his modified reproducer to amplify the instrument.
	www.angelfire.com /nc3/talkingmachines/auxetophone.html (802 words)

	Charles Algernon Parsons -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sir Charles Algernon Parsons (June 13, 1854 – February 11, 1931) was a (The people of Great Britain) British (A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems) engineer, best known for his invention of the (Turbine in which steam strikes blades and makes them turn) steam turbine.
		His company still survives in the (Click link for more info and facts about Heaton) Heaton area of Newcastle and is now part of (German electrical engineer (1816-1892)) Siemens, a (A person of German nationality) German (A group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization) conglomerate.
		Sometimes referred to as Siemens Parsons, the company recently completed a major (The act of improving by renewing and restoring) redevelopment programme, reducing the size of its site by around three quarters and installing the latest (Click link for more info and facts about manufacturing) manufacturing technology.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/charles_algernon_parsons.htm (316 words)

	Steam Engines - Numericana
		Sir Charles Parsons (1854-1931): The modern steam turbine, born in 1884.
		In 1884, Charles Parsons (6th son of the 3rd earl of Rosse) patented the modern steam turbine, with multiple staging.
		Parsons' first prototype produced about 10 hp at 20000 rpm (by contrast, a reciprocating steam engine is limited to about 1500 rpm, at best).
	home.att.net /~numericana/answer/steam.htm (1921 words)

	Charles Parsons
		Described as one of the greatest engineers that this country has ever produced, Charles Parsons attended lectures given by James Stuart on Mechanisms and Applied Mechanics in 1877, when he graduated after taking the Mathematical Tripos at St John's.
		The steam engines that were used were so large and noisy that a power station in Manchester had to be closed down because of objections to the noise.
		Parsons, amongst others, realised the need for a rotating machine or turbine to convert the power of steam directly into electricity.
	www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk /125/noflash/1875-1900/parsons.html (179 words)

	Encyclopedia: Charles Algernon Parsons
		Lord Rosse William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (June 17, 1800 – October 31, 1867) was an Irish astronomer.
		The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin or more commonly Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university.
		Young Donald MacAlister - Senior Wrangler at Cambridge in 1877 Sir Donald MacAlister of Tarbert (1854-1934) physician, principal and vice-chancellor and, later, chancellor of the university of Glasgow Donald MacAlister was born in Perth, Scotland.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Charles-Algernon-Parsons (964 words)

	Deutsches Museum - Meisterwerke - Die Turbine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Charles Parsons besuchte in seiner Jugend nie eine öffentliche Schule, sondern erhielt sein Wissen von mathematisch - naturwissenschaftlich geschulten Hauslehrern.
		Parsons war ein genialer Konstrukteur, geistreicher Erfinder und Experimentator ersten Ranges, der auf Labormodelle und Prototypen verzichtete und gleich nach seinen Ideen gebrauchsfertige Produkte lieferte.
		Parsons ließ den Dampf durch die Leitkränze so strömen, dass er die Schaufeln des Laufrades rechtwinkelig traf.
	www.deutsches-museum.de /ausstell/meister4/turbine.htm (825 words)

	Newcastle upon Tyne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ironically, Charles was imprisoned in Newcastle by the Scots in 1646-7.
		Newcastle's development as a major city owed much to its central role in the export of coal from the Northumberland coalfield – the phrase "carrying coals to Newcastle" proverbially denotes the act of bringing a particular commodity to a locality that has more than enough of it already.
		Charles Algernon Parsons' invention and commercialisation of the steam turbine, leading to his Turbinia, a turbine-powered ship that literally ran rings around the British Fleet at a review at Spithead in 1897.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Newcastle_upon_Tyne (2211 words)

	Sir Charles Parsons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The first turbines were used to generate electricity, but Parsons also worked on steam turbines for marine propulsion.
		Parsons Turbines became synonymous with power generation and marine propulsion.
		During his long career Charles Parsons took out over 300 patents, many for completely different, but none the less ingenious, products.
	basil.acs.bolton.ac.uk /~mjh1hlc/parsons.htm (222 words)

	Turbinia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Charles Algernon Parsons invented the steam turbine in 1884, and having foreseen its potential to power ships he set up the Marine Steam Turbine Company with five associates in 1893.
		After further high speed trials attended by the Admiralty, Parsons set up the Turbinia Works at Wallsend which then constructed two turbine powered torpedo boats for the Navy, HMS Viper and HMS Cobra which were launched in 1899.
		Powerplant: Three-stage axial-flow Parsons steam turbine driving two 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) outer shafts, each with three 18 in (457 mm) diameter, 24 in (610 mm) pitch propellers, and one inner shaft with three propellers.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Turbinia.htm (493 words)

	Birr Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lady Parsons gave up the lead cistern she used for salting beef to be melted down for bullets, and the besieging army was finally repulsed.
		Sir William Parsons, the second baronet, was a friend of Handel, who gave him an engraved walking stick in consideration of the patronage which led to the Messiah being first performed in Dublin.
		His youngest son, Charles Algernon Parsons, was an even greater inventive genius and developed the Steam Turbine, which is commemorated by the issuance of an Irish postage stamp.
	home.att.net /~patersi/birr.html (1129 words)

	Charles Parsons
		Following this exploit which, of course, gained the attention of the Admiralty, Parsons set up his company 'Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company' in 1897.
		It is said that Charles Parsons sketched the original design for the reaction blades in his turbine on the back of an envelope, and this remained the standard for many years.
		It took £100,000 of research to improve its efficiency by 2%, a testimony to the instinctive knowledge of a true genius.
	www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk /125/1875-1900/parsons3.html (182 words)

	Frontline18 .:. Die "Turbinia", Charles Parsons und die Revolution des Schiffsantriebs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Charles Parsons wurde 1854 in London als jüngsten von sechs Kindern des Präsidenten der Royal Society, des Earl of Rosse, geboren.
		Parsons fand keine Käufer für seine Turbinen, niemand schien sich dafür zu interessieren, daß hier ein revolutionäres Antriebssystem seiner Entdeckung harrte.
		Parsons hatte der versammelten Öffentlichkeit Großbritanniens und auch der Welt eindrucksvoll vor Augen geführt, was seine Erfindung leisten konnte.
	www.battlefield1918.de /history/300 (1622 words)

	Encyclopedia: Charles Parsons
		Charles Parsons is a distinguished figure in the philosophy of mathematics and son of famous social scientist Talcott Parsons.
		Charles Parsons (philosopher) who has made important contributions to the Philosophy of mathematics is that branch of philosophy which attempts to answer questions such as: why is mathematics useful in describing nature?, in which sense, if any, do mathematical entities such as numbers exist?
		Charles-Algernon-Parsons a British engineer known for his invention of the A steam turbine extracts the energy of dry pressurized superheated steam as mechanical movement.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Charles-Parsons (189 words)

	Electric Light Years 1878-1899 North East England Timeline
		Charles Algernon Parsons has patented the first steam turbine on Tyneside.
		Parsons, born in Ireland in 1854, is the youngest son of the Earl of Rosse and is a keen inventor.
		T urbines allow wide-scale generation of electricity and Parsons will come to be known as “the man who invented the 20th Century”.
	www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk /page82.htm (800 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 1512
		Reverend Randal Parsons was the son of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse and Mary Field.
		Richard Clere Parsons was the son of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse and Mary Field.
		Sir Charles Algernon Parsons was the son of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse and Mary Field.
	www.thepeerage.com /p1512.htm (627 words)

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