From Galaxies to Turbines : Science, Technology and the Parsons Family

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Do you know:
-that the giant engines of the Titanic included Parsons steam turbines?
-that the principles of Charles Parsons steam turbine are still used to make electricity today?
-that Charles Parsons' father, William Parsons, discovered the Spiral Nebula after building the worlds biggest telescope?
-that the enormous steel and glass Crystal Palace of the exhibition of 1851 was only temporary?
-that the Inventions Exhibition of 1885 was lit up with the first electric lamps?
This epic book looks at the way science and industry relate to one other, and to the way social attitudes affect this relationship. Garrett Scaife illustrates this beautifully by tracing the story of the remarkable endeavors of the Parsons family during the century and a quarter that embraced their lives in Ireland and Great Britain at the time of the developing Industrial Revolution. The father of the family, William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, discovered the Spiral Nebula at his observatory in Ireland and displayed an unusual familiarity with engineering principles in the building of his two giant telescopes. His son, Charles, led the new age of technology among shipbuilders and engineers of the North East coast of England

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