Charles Algernon Parsons stone plaque

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# Charles Algernon Parsons and Guilford Street Standing before this modest plaque on Guilford Street, you're at the site of the library that became a living monument to one of Britain's greatest innovators—a place where Parsons chose to anchor his legacy not in a grand factory or prestigious instit...

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Guilford Street

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1855 - 1931 This Library is dedicated to Sir Charles Parsons scientist and engineer who in the XIX century invented and perfected the compound steam turbine The memory of the great is enshrined in books