The Amateur Scientist. A Backyard Version of a Stirling Engine Can Be Built with Common Materials.

Walker, Jearl

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ERIC Number: EJ409266

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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The Amateur Scientist. A Backyard Version of a Stirling Engine Can Be Built with Common Materials.

Walker, Jearl

Scientific American, v262 n1 p140-44 Jan 1990

Discusses advantages of the Stirling engine. Describes the details of constructing one from common materials, and its use for studying thermodynamics. (YP)

Descriptors: Engines, Laboratory Experiments, Laboratory Procedures, Physics, Power Technology, Pressure (Physics), Science Equipment, Science Instruction, Small Engine Mechanics, Thermodynamics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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