1854 - 1931
This library is dedicated to Sir Charles Parsons, scientist and engineer who in the XIX century invented and perfected the compound steam turbine.
The memory of the great is enshrined in books.
WC1, Guilford Street, London House
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Parsons Library
Scientist and engineer. Designed marine turbines. Born 13 Connaught Place, ...
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Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 1836 - 1908, Prime Minister, lived here.London ...
The opening of a temporary library seems a rather minor event for which to ge...
