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    Sir Charles Algernon Parsons OM KCB FRS (13 June 1854 – 11 February 1931) was an Anglo-Irish marine engineer best known for his invention of the compound...
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  • Charles Parsons may refer to: Charles Algernon Parsons (1854–1931), English engineer known for his invention of the steam turbine Charles Parsons (philosopher)...
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  • its factory in Heaton in Newcastle upon Tyne. Charles Algernon Parsons' son Algernon George "Tommy" Parsons joined the company as a director, but when he...
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  • Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company was a British engineering company based on the River Tyne at Wallsend, North East England. Charles Algernon Parsons...
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    Society in Britain on 23 June 1919. Rachel Mary Parsons was born in 1885, to Sir Charles Algernon Parsons and his wife Katharine, the daughter of William...
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    Trinity College Dublin and Oxford University. He was the brother of Charles Algernon Parsons, inventor of the steam turbine. He served as Chancellor of the...
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    1884 by Charles Parsons, whose first model was connected to a dynamo that generated 7.5 kilowatts (10.1 hp) of electricity. The invention of Parsons' steam...
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    Albans in 1918. In 1925 the company was purchased by Charles Algernon Parsons, renamed Grubb Parsons, and moved to Newcastle upon Tyne. In the 20th century...
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    Oliver Heaviside, Ányos Jedlik, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Charles Algernon Parsons, Werner von Siemens, Joseph Swan, Reginald Fessenden, Nikola Tesla...
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    largest application yet of the then-new technology, developed by Charles Algernon Parsons. During speed trials, these engines caused significant vibration...
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