Ball also seems to have been very successful in educating Rosse's children, which he did with lessons given in the mornings and early afternoons, for one of them Charles Parsons, who Ball tutored from age 11 to age 13, went on to become an engineer whose invention of a multi-stage steam turbine revolutionised marine propulsion.
Bola din tila sa may been tunay matagumpay sa educating Rosse ng mga bata, na kung saan siya ay may mga lessons na ibinigay sa Mornings at maagang afternoons, para sa isa sa mga ito Charles Parsons, na nag-Ball tutored mula sa edad na 11 sa edad na 13, pumunta sa na maging isang engineer na ang imbento ng isang multi-stage stimturbina revolutionised marine pagpapaandar.