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The Francis turbine is a type of water turbine. It is an inward-flow reaction turbine that combines radial and axial flow concepts. Francis turbines are the most common water turbine in use today, and can achieve over 95% efficiency. [1] The process of arriving at the modern Francis runner design took from 1848 to approximately 1920. [1]
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[1] [2] It was created on 27 June 1786 for Lionel Vane-Fletcher. [2] His son, the second Baronet, was a Member of Parliament for Winchelsea and Carlisle. [2] He assumed the surname of Fletcher-Vane in lieu of Vane-Fletcher. [2] The fifth Baronet was involved in the Scouting movement. [3] The title became extinct on his death in 1934. [3]
Sir Francis and Lady Diana's first child, Henry Ralph Fletcher-Vane, was born 13 January 1830 and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father. Battle of the Redan where Sir Francis's son suffered severe wounds. Gertrude Elizabeth Vane was born on 29 June 1831 at Hutton in the Forest. [9]
Sir Francis Patrick Fletcher-Vane, 5th Baronet FRGS [1] (16 October 1861 – 10 June 1934) was an Irish-born British Army officer and baronet. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Francis became the 5th Baronet of Hutton on the death in 1908 of his first cousin, Sir Henry Ralph Fletcher-Vane, 4th Baronet .
Sir Henry Ralph Fletcher-Vane (13 January 1830 – 1908) was the eldest son of Sir Francis Fletcher-Vane, 3rd Baronet, and his wife, Diana Olivia (née Beauclerk). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Westmoreland and Cumberland and appointed High Sheriff of Cumberland in 1856. [ 3 ]
Sir Frederick Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baronet (27 February 1760 – 26 February 1832), was a British politician, landowner and aristocrat. [1] [2] He was MP for the pocket borough of Winchelsea, between 1792 and 1794, the borough of Carlisle, between 1796 and 1802, and again for Winchelsea, between 1806 and 1807. [1]
Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry (17 January 1800 – 20 January 1865) was an Anglo-Irish heiress and noblewoman. She was the daughter of Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, 2nd Baronet . She married Charles William Stewart, 1st Baron Stewart .