Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lovely piece of machinery Larry Here's one for Trivial Pursuit players: John Ericsson also built the USS Monitor ironclad :-) More on Rider Ericsson here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider-Ericsson_Engine_Company#Ericsson.27s_engine Cheers Douglas Jim Nichols wrote: > Very interesting, Larry. Thanks for sharing. Nice photo. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" > <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> > To: "Leica LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 12:01 PM > Subject: [Leica] Sterling engine > > >> Most of us have read about Sterling engines but very few have >> actually seen >> one. This is an 1890s era Sterling water pump engine snapped at an >> antique >> farm machinery show. It runs on the waste heat from a small coal stove, >> generates about one horsepower and pumps about two gallons of water a >> minute. It is almost dead silent. Unfortunately it weighs about as >> much as a >> Volkswagen. Far too heavy for a motorbike. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Sterling+engine.JPG.html >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >