Archive for September, 2007

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September 13, 2007

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September 12, 2007

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September 11, 2007

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September 10, 2007

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September 9, 2007
  • “intended to become an electronic alternative to the printed version of “Stirling News” - The Journal of the Stirling Engine Society. I will endeavour to get most of the text and illustrations reproduced in the printed version of Stirling News. There will
  • This is one of the mechanisms in Cherryfield.
    “Type K D.C. Interlocking
    Interlocking Relay
    Size 4, Was 4-4 Ohms, Now 500-500 Ohms
    Used mainly for “Crossing Protection”
    Item Number- 100_4689″

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September 8, 2007
  • “The starting position of the engine is tipped to the left. The alcohol burner heats the air in the right area of the test tube; the air expands and pushes the pneumatic cylinder and thus the test tube upwards. The marbles roll to the right. The hot air i
  • “This amazingly simple engine runs at 700rpm heated only by a small candle. Powered by an alcohol burner the Lamina Flow engine quickly accelerates up to ~ 1000rpm.
    See high resolution pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/PalmRunner “
  • “a closed cylinder containing a piston. Heated on one end and cooled on the other, the expansion and cooling of the gas drives the piston back and forth in the cylinder. The work performed by this piston-motion is used to drive a generator (in Infinia’s

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September 7, 2007

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September 6, 2007

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September 5, 2007

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September 2, 2007
  • “Steering a rocket using proportional navigation depends on three factors.
    The sideways or lateral acceleration, called latax, given to the rocket
    must be the product of: (1) the navigation constant times (2) the closing
    velocity times (3) the target s