Branca's Impulse Steam Turbine
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“In 1629, Branca, an Italian, invented a turbine much like a miniature water wheel, which was driven by a jet of steam from a nozzle directed against the buckets of the wheel. This is the simplest form of an impulse turbine.” —Derr, 1911
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Derr, Louis Cyclopedia of Engineering (Chicago, IL: American Technical Society, 1911)
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