<P> The first device that may be classified as a reaction steam turbine was little more than a toy , the classic Aeolipile , described in the 1st century by Hero of Alexandria in Roman Egypt . In 1551 , Taqi al - Din in Ottoman Egypt described a steam turbine with the practical application of rotating a spit . Steam turbines were also described by the Italian Giovanni Branca ( 1629 ) and John Wilkins in England ( 1648 ) . The devices described by Taqi al - Din and Wilkins are today known as steam jacks . In 1672 an impulse steam turbine driven car was designed by Ferdinand Verbiest . A more modern version of this car was produced some time in the late 18th century by an unknown German mechanic . In 1775 at Soho James Watt designed a reaction turbine that was put to work there . In 1827 the Frenchmen Real and Pichon patented and constructed a compound impulse turbine . </P>
<P> The first device that may be classified as a reaction steam turbine was little more than a toy , the classic Aeolipile , described in the 1st century by Hero of Alexandria in Roman Egypt . In 1551 , Taqi al - Din in Ottoman Egypt described a steam turbine with the practical application of rotating a spit . Steam turbines were also described by the Italian Giovanni Branca ( 1629 ) and John Wilkins in England ( 1648 ) . The devices described by Taqi al - Din and Wilkins are today known as steam jacks . In 1672 an impulse steam turbine driven car was designed by Ferdinand Verbiest . A more modern version of this car was produced some time in the late 18th century by an unknown German mechanic . In 1775 at Soho James Watt designed a reaction turbine that was put to work there . In 1827 the Frenchmen Real and Pichon patented and constructed a compound impulse turbine . </P>
who described the basic mechanism of steam reaction
who described the basic mechanism of steam reaction
Hero of Alexandria in Roman Egypt Taqi al - Din in Ottoman Egypt Italian Giovanni Branca John Wilkins in England
Hero of Alexandria in Roman Egypt Taqi al - Din in Ottoman Egypt Italian Giovanni Branca John Wilkins in England