The sparks obtained from a coil worked with a turbine interrupter have more quantity than the sparks obtained with any other interrupter under similar conditions, and the coil can be worked with a far higher voltage than is possible when using the hammer break.
"Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy"
John Ambrose Fleming
The turbine break driven by an independent motor, which is kept always running, has another advantage over the hammer break in practical wireless telegraphy, viz.
"Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy"
John Ambrose Fleming
From one of the passages leading to the Pit, a cavern is reached, named the turbine, owing to the noise from waterspouts resembling the sound of water falling into the pit of a turbine.
"Among the Canadian Alps"
Lawrence J. Burpee