MAKE Flickr photo pool member JohnKit writes –
“Otona No Kagaku, or ‘Science for Adults’ is a ‘mook’ series published by Gakken in Japan. Each issue has includes a kit that goes along with whatever the issues topic is. This one deals with heat engines and comes with a low temperature Stirling engine. The entire project took me about an hour to put together and it quite satisfying once you see it chugging away over a cup of hot water.” – Link & article.
Related:
- Translated version of the Otona no Kagaku web site – Link.
- Gakken Steam Engine car kit (video) – Link.
- Gakken cup phonograph and vacuum tube radio kits… – Link.
- HOW TO – Make a Stirling engine from a can – Link.
- Made – Low temperature difference Stirling engine – Link.
- HOW TO – Make a Test Tube Stirling Engine – Link.
- Stirling engines models – Link.
- Boyd’s tin can Stirling hot air engines – Link.
- MAKE: Blog: Kits Archives – Link.
From the pages of MAKE:
- The Two-Can Stirling Engine – The Stirling engine has long captivated inventors and dreamers. Here are complete plans for building and operating a two-cylinder model that runs on almost any high-temperature heat source. Subscribers–read this article now in your digital edition!
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