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Watt steam engine do you use? (Original Post)
Ptah
Jan 2012
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baldguy
(36,649 posts)2. A small one
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)5. Beat me to it
I saw that a few months ago. And since my first choice of a heat cycle, Stirling, was already posted, I will go with Rankine.
Brother Buzz
(36,375 posts)3. Triple expansion steam engine
Technology even a Luddite can embrace
oneshooter
(8,614 posts)6. How about this set of triple expansion, duel acting.
http://www.bb35library.usstexasbb35.com/OperatingSystems/EngineRoom/enginerm-all.htm
The only known surviving engines of their type.
Oneshooter
Armed and Livin in Texas
The only known surviving engines of their type.
Oneshooter
Armed and Livin in Texas
Brother Buzz
(36,375 posts)4. Buffalo Springfield
Mopar151
(9,975 posts)7. British "Showman's Engine"
Self-propelled power unit, often used by carnivals to power rides
Mopar151
(9,975 posts)8. A steam shovel or 2
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)9. This one:
Lionel Mandrake
(4,076 posts)10. An aeolipile, of course.
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)11. A sleek S3 4-8-4. Ran lots of miles since it's '93 restoration