Invented by Sir Charles Parsons.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
compound steam turbine
Commemorated ati
Parsons Library
1854 - 1931 This library is dedicated to Sir Charles Parsons, scientist and ...
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Edward Jenner
Spent most of his life in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, where he was born (in the vicarage) and died (at home,The Chantry). First doctor to study smallpox vaccine. Trained with John Hunter at St Georg...
Sir Ronald A. Fisher
Statistician, geneticist and evolutionary biologist. Born in East Finchley. His family moved into Hill House in 1896 but in 1906 his father lost his fortune and the family moved to Streatham.In 1...
Edward Somerset, second Marquess of Worcester
Courtier and scientist. Called Lord Herbert. Catholic. In the court of King Charles I.
Sir Richard Arkwright
Industrialist and inventor. From Preston. Set up a factory with a newly designed method of cotton-spinning. He worked his employees, including children, very hard and became very rich.
Atlas Dyeworks
The Simpson, etc. plaque commemorates the Dyeworks which were at Victory Place 1859 - 68. This page refers to that site but also refers to the Hackney Dyeworks to which Atlas expanded. The photo sh...
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