Steam turbine 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. The modern steam turbine was invented in 1884 by Sir Charles Parsons, whose first model was connected to a dynamo that generated 7.5 kW (10 hp) of electricity. The invention of Parsons' steam turbine
The Haunted Castle (1897 British film) The Haunted Castle (1897 British film) The Haunted Castle is a hypothetical lost 1897 British film, attributed in some filmographies to the British film pioneer George Albert Smith, but which may be a misidentification of a French film by Georges Méliès. Many of Smith's films show an interest in supernatural themes, such as "Photographing a Ghost" (1898), "The Haunted Picture Gallery" (1899), and his major short comedy "Mary Jane's Mishap" (1903); he also filmed a version of the Faust legend. A film called "The Haunted Castle", supposedly released by Smith in December 1897, was attributed to him in the 1973