THE HON. SIR CHARLES ALGERNON PAKSONS, O.M., K.C.B., F.R.S

BY the death of Sir Charles Parsons on Jan. 12, while on a voyage to the West Indies, the world has lost the greatest engineer engaged in the production of power from steam since the time of Watt. It is due to his genius and perseverance that the steam turbine now produces practically all the electricity derived from steam power and. every fast ship of large size, both naval and mercantile, is driven by steam turbines.