Engineering

From a recent issue of the Scientific American it appears that Mr. Nikola Tesla has revived a method of steam-turbine construction which recalls one tried here some nine or ten years ago. The idea was...

Wednesday evening saw another of those successful meetings for which the Royal Institution is famed. This time, however, the audience were not able to congratulate themselves that they were the first...

In our issue of November 10, 1911, we gave a short account of the Tesla turbine, and showed that even under ideal conditions the hydraulic efficiency of a turbine of this kind cannot possibly exceed...

An interesting example of electric-power transmission is that of the Gold King stamp-mill near Telluride, Col. A Pelton wheel, receiving water through a two-foot steel pipe under 320 feet head, drives...

The first of the two annual conversaziones given by the Royal Society, that is the one from which ladies are excluded, was held last Wednesday evening in Burlington House, and was attended by some...