In 1884, as junior partner at Clarke, Chapman and Company of Gateshead-on-Tyne, Charles Parsons produced the first practical steam turbine coupled to a dynamo, his first patents dated 23 April 1884. The turbo-generator scaled as reciprocating engines could not, and it became, and remains, the machine behind most of the world's electricity, spinning in coal, nuclear and combined-cycle stations alike.
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Milestone Year Milestone Date LocationGateshead-on-Tyne, England 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
Grace's Guide LtdCharles Algernon Parsons, 1931 ObituaryQuote, Charles Algernon Parsons, 1931 Obituary
In 1884 he joined as junior partner the firm of Clarke, Chapman and Company, of Gateshead-on-Tyne, who were interested in the development of electric lighting, and devoted his attention to the production of a steam turbine suitable for driving dynamos, his first patents being dated 23rd April, 1884.
1. Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
Grace's Guide LtdCharles Algernon ParsonsQuote, Charles Algernon Parsons
His steam turbine patent of 1884 was comparable in importance to that of James Watt's in 1769.
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