Hello, James!
-=> on 04-29-05 05:45, JAMES BRADLEY wrote to ALL <=-

 JB> Has anyone heard of a Sterling engine, and could someone thumbnail it
 JB> for me? It reportedly works on differential compression between two
 JB> cylinders; hot and cold sides. The TV show did play Three-seconds of
 JB> animation of one working, but either the detail was not accurate, or
 JB> the resolution of NTSC wasn't up to the task, but there didn't seem to
 JB> be any valves on it. "Anybody... Anybody... Beuler?" 

One explanation can be found at
http://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/~amit/courses/371/abhishe/main2.html

Google searches on "Sterling Cycle" and "Sterling Cycle
Engine" also
turn up some other hits.  One of them is a site which shows and does
some explaining of  a working model which they sell.

Good luck - - - JimH.





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