[PLUG] OT - but Fun: Search (for an) Engine

[guy1656]

Some of them-thar non-mechanical types are kidnapping mechanical engineering 
terms, like 'engine' when used as in 'search engine.'

The link below will help us remember what we ought to think of when we use the 
word ENGINE ...

(great photos, too...)

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Amazing efficinency - almost unbelievable in fact.
This is approaching hot fuel cell efficiency in 60% range..

I bet the oiled crosshead helps efficiency greatly since side drag of
pistons against cylinders is a terrible friction problem in most engines.

We're talking titanic sized machinery !

> http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/

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