A SIMPLE HEAT ENGINE OF POSSIBLE UTILITY IN PRIMITIVE ENVIRONMENTS.

Abstract

A solar-powered heat engine, based on the familiar 'drinking bird' toy, is proposed as a replacement for human muscle-power in lifting water from the Nile River.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0638687

Entities

People

  • R. B. Murrow

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Phenomena
  • Digestive System And Oral Physiology
  • Digestive System Processes
  • Engines
  • Environment
  • Heat Engines

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.