What Were The First Steam Turbines Used For?
Though you may find it quite unbelievable, initially the steam turbine was a mere toy, used by the ancient Egyptians! Later on, the steam turbine was used to rotate cooking aids such as spits, also in Egypt. Steam turbines have, as you can see, long been used to do useful work. However, the main focus of scientists and engineers after the industrial revolution was the use of steam turbines to produce electricity by moving the armature arms of the electrical generator. Putting it technically, the generator armature is rotated due to the rotary motion of the turbine, which is in turn because of the force of the impending steam on the turbine blades. Steam Turbines were then used in producing motion, though only for a short period of time. Steam turbines were used in ships to propel them forward more efficiently, and this was also an area of high interest.
