Francis turbine

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Francis turbine

Summary

Francis turbine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (290 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Francis turbine is credited with the discovery of James Bicheno Francis[2].
  • Francis turbine's image is recorded as Francis Turbine High flow.jpg[3].
  • James Bicheno Francis is named after Francis turbine[4].
  • Francis turbine's follows is recorded as Fourneyron-style turbine[5].
  • Francis turbine's subclass of is recorded as water turbine[6].
  • Francis turbine's subclass of is recorded as watermill[7].
  • Francis turbine's Commons category is recorded as Francis turbines[8].
  • Francis turbine's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 50596[9].
  • Francis turbine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1849-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Francis turbine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0389lw[11].
  • Francis turbine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Francis turbines[12].
  • Francis turbine's Commons gallery is recorded as Francis-Turbine[13].
  • Francis turbine's PSH ID is recorded as 10956[14].
  • Francis turbine's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as generator:type=francis_turbine[15].
  • Francis turbine's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[16].
  • Francis turbine's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/Francis-turbine[17].
  • Francis turbine's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as francisturbin[18].
  • Francis turbine's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 014245[19].
  • Francis turbine's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i54033[20].
  • Francis turbine's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778705046[21].
  • Francis turbine's IEV number is recorded as 602-02-14[22].
  • Francis turbine's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2778705046[23].
  • Francis turbine's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as osevaia-gidroturbina-ffc641[24].
  • Francis turbine's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 22292[25].

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Works and Contributions

Francis turbine is credited with the discovery of James Bicheno Francis[2].

Why It Matters

Francis turbine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (290 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . shem.fr. shem.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_francis-turbine_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Francis turbine}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/francis-turbine}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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