Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-01
MARVELLOUS STEAM ENGINE
DeLHvRIt Wonderful Wheel Which Runs
Without Pistous
WORK or A satAT SWEDISH INVENTOR
a Genius, Politician and Thunnthro-
pist Who - Now Engaged In
Gigantic SpcculHti0H
I'm Wnterpouer.

known bh blt lIt Laval steam turbine. ana
although the two imported were made 10
France itt inventor Is celebrated Swede
who n his own country lt leust is re-
Eardel as lhe most remarkable man ~ al
Europe
II order 90 understand precisely what he
De Laval steam turbine represents in The
advance ui steam 'uE.ue construction j.
should au understood that t iE IN efec;
rotary engine. and furthermore that I
rotary steam engine iE more ur less what
the inventors of the las, half century have
been striving for The latter indeed. has
been more gr Jess 20. lrrus fGtls o. mt
chauIclI engineering The thtur aimed at
IL & nutshell has been 90 produce an eu-
Elue IL which the impar; OF the steam should
Toe d~,a.y upon The motor agency itself
iusteud al - a. present communicating
the force derived from the steam 70 The
latter hy . cans o! o driving rod
There was further the question Of econ
omy .u condensation. The Joss OF power
not 20 speak Of the wear and tear upon
the engine itself from rapid alternate heat
ing aul ru. llIl has been one OF the standing
problems ul steam engine construction. and
to reduce this loss resort has been maue. 10
compound triple and even quHdrupie tE-
pansiuu engines The latter. however. are
expensive 90 build and from this added
lN' -' ~ %. - 80 l-..'
Small eurI ss are 90 this day chiefly Of the
simpler type
,i1r ~ 49,. -4.rt.-'. ,,s..- t.Saar Iufr 9rr
sur~n,t.H Inc .gr,--rIr-i1r rf s..a-r on
CINE To which d jet ui steam should re-
place TIE Jg, u' water o. The turbine But
the gues' on has always been how 20 con
Etrur. Ill .r-tur that would 10. economical
and q. ~. same time able 20 withstand the
gtrlta which the e,puuaI,r steam would
gut ugur ft Jus, nov many have been
-he arnmrta tu tats direction I1E Aov many
The failures may re IHulal from The fuc-
that ur SO the day The D- Laval turbines
were Eer ur .r New Nu". tHHra WAS NOT. j.
tl.s country at I-Hs. single suaness.u.
eng me OF lHls type vilt tlt ruttlt Office
a. NLsl.h- 'u alone shows .Alt puieuts
nave been issued Joy more thli 'NpU -a-
ltithi il''- Ni steam turbines
eI.A'H-i .at ID. Lava ehl ne IS new. t
N"s ti' 'h. .'a ll -1..- hla lAa only .utl hH-u
lht'"lutel -a.t t.ls country. lI mas come
4-.g l1' ..aF !. i.-..i't ~. y. ..'5 o' 1..t--
--N.-o .'t.-- .- ",''. 1.'t" -- ."l-t Algut
- y 9" '..-.. a.'.- fa.z7. 1A- -o' 30"
80 '- - ,- w.. - o. ~ 80
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me Two engines "hlGh htNt pHtu I'M
ported 10 lLls country py lhe ElLson com
pahE are o. '''-hofse power tAah ana III
pulhl ol speed anu toinpltsbtss OF cuAs-fut-
tlou Aft L'Lt shori oi Aihf'tiouh. IAsElh.
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ON its edge win s.asr ghgfr gS9ut m
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- .f-h. -. -.,f., a.. ,1,-..r,- -
Irsrs ,,a s,,, e,,scs for - e.c,,r -.
- Ill -, t-.,,,, 49,, zi, - 49,
a. "a. no. ~ ~ yh.,I A, ,,,-,,1a- =,
te-,,s1. h, les ,,,s,,.',,,, sr. a. 80
,as1'- m. ,-,.lr.,r 80 Go -, -
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- ,,.,'its. Is, -. s,,-,.t,ts. ,.s,,,,r,It
- a., 80 = - - -,, -; -, -
me I'M, = siH'! anu .Ht H'p1'N 'A' 'Ee. ms
% %IIe" " - "a 20 P,-l-l- ~ t@iDNs'- -. - 90
~, Sun, '',"'' u 81. ~ - .l.H D'"u' % i%Lus
II Ihe N"l'' Aa- an t'Eil.A 'i an men me
us NtI' ui MUM " -1I "' a"'"' IA ee -A.n's
Aerosh'
DRIVEN EH a CYCLONE.
Steam .s admitted through these valves g.
VARYING pressures depending uulu the size
OF the engine Those frup1--gE hv The EdIso-I
corupguy -hs 400 horse. I,avrgr ,r-tn,y urilt-.
The stryrr III from 700 10 745 mounds r,ras-
sure When -his enters ttF valves j; ry
,grar ,r,r~r.-,reft-. 90 -lar erf f-e y.0,l -
employ technical phrase is converted futu
momentum The steam strikes the blades
like a small cyclone Indeed. the effect o.
the expansion rs that OF q uld explosion
The speed a. which the steam hits the valve
in the larger engines is computed al sn,ul-
thing like three miles per second This
however depends entirely upon how far the
,xransiru is carried Il /. is reduced from
hiCh presEurt TO one ATMOSPHERE tina; is
Nftesr p1uuae tg the suuare inch fts eueaa
NJ eevafty-fivp r,auudE Original I1ressllre viii
ba . Goa fa.t r,Tr second while If ,ha rras-
sure Ia reduced n a tenth of an nrmpsr,hars
Nv eyhgrs,inr -ha sr,aa4 win hs fnrreazad
IN a Gnp rsst ~ rIarly dou,laa wiz
- -,.,r,,r.r ttt. 900 1g ,.,,-ra.-,,,5
- ,,l,,--.-,.,,+,5
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-, - -, - -, - - m - - -.
-, - -, - n5-t.+SS - y,,rl-,s -
49, 10, - " 80. - .rt-,,t -, -
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