a turbine is a machine which uses a flow of energy (which can be water, steam, gas or air) to turn blades on a shaft - no reciprocating parts [although it may have an associated compressor if combustion generates the gas used], so it must be a "turbine motor" grin

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics