TOURNAIRE, (LOUIS MARCELLIN) - INVENTION OF REACTION TURBINES WITH MULTIPLE WHEELS.

Notes sur des appareils à turbines multiples et a réactions successives, pouvant utiliser le travail moteur que développent les fluides élastiques.

(Paris, Bachelier),1853. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 36, No 13. Pp. (553-) 608. (Entire issue offered). Tournaire's paper: pp. 588-593.

First apperance of the paper in which Tournaire laid down, for the first time, the principles for the construction of the REACTION TURBINE with multiple wheels, the fundamental principles of the jet propulsion motors.

Darmstaedter 1853 T.

Order-nr.: 47408