Stirling
['stə:liŋ]
Examples
- He estimated the consumption of fuel by a theoretically perfect air engine on Mr. Stirling's principle at 0·37 lbs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Napier and Rankine, for improvements in the air engine, which they anticipated would remove the objections that have been raised to the engines of Stirling and Ericsson. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- To overcome these objections, the air in Mr. Stirling's engine is compressed before it is heated, by which means an equal amount of pressure is obtained on a smaller piston. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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