On this day in 1913, Nikola Tesla was granted the patent for Turbine. U.S. Patent No. 1,061,206.
The object of the invention is to overcome deficiencies and to effect the transmission and transformation of mechanical energy through the agency of fluids in a more perfect manner: and by means simpler and more economical than those heretofore employed. This is accomplished by causing the propelling fluid to move in natural paths or stream lines of least resistance, free from constraint and disturbances such as occasioned by vanes or kindred devices, and to change its velocity and direction of movement by imperceptible degrees, thus avoiding the losses due to sudden variations while the fluid is imparting energy.
