MadModder
Gallery, Projects and General => Neat Stuff => Topic started by: Stilldrillin on September 15, 2010, 04:26:18 AM
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I had a trip to the Museum Of Science & Industry, Manchester, the other week. What a wonderful place for engine lovers! :thumbup:
This vacuum engine intrigued me. It stands some 6' tall, to the crankshaft.
A wooden replica of the piston, looking like a swordfishes head, stands to the right of the pic.
The young man oiled it's important little places, and lit the gas pilot light......
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n95/Dayjo/P8180027.jpg)
He then spun the flywheel......
The piston is fired upwards..... Leaving a vacuum in the cylinder, which sucks it back down, turning the ratchet wheel.
Power output...... 1bhp!
David D
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What a neat and interesting engine. Very animated motion, too.
1 BHP... Yeah, but that was when a horsepower was a HORSE power! Not the wee ponies they use today. ; )
Dean
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Not to mention Chinese watts. They seem to be quite minuscule. That machine should (theoretically) put out 750 European watts. Chinese watts - maybe 1500-2000... :beer:
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