Workable model (scale 1:6) of Vortex Turbine

Made:: 1850-1888 in Kendal

Workable model (scale 1:6) of Vortex Turbine, in casing with supply tank.

This is a working model of an inward-flow turbine of the type patented in 1850 by Prof. James Thomson, the result of whose investigations of the laws of the free vortex have been applied in the design.

Details

Category:: Motive Power

Object Number:: 1888-300

Materials:: iron and steel

type:: model

credit:: Gilbert, Gilkes and Co. Ltd.

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