The nutating engine

[GregLocock]

http://dakeynediscengine.org/default.aspx

Fair enough - but the annoyingly anonymous author says " It's use as a prime mover or if virtually died out after 1850 but today a device based on the original concept is in widespread use in the Western World. If in fact there is a better than even's chance that there is one in your home if you live in Europe or North America. "

and never mentions what he is talking about again.

Any ideas? I'm /guessing/ a gas meter or water meter.



Cheers

Greg Locock

Please see FAQ731-376 for tips on how to make the best use of Eng-Tips.

 

[gerhardl]

JMV: Noted! Thank you for the details!

 

[jmw]

What has been bugging me since is when these water meters were introduced.
It would seem that the Dankey design evolved into a water meter around 1850.
Sir William Siemens invented a new water meter about this time (1851)in the UK. I think this would be the British Patent Water Meter manufactured by Joseph Tylor and Sons Ltd then at their Newgate foundry in London; the rotary piston meter.


JMW

http://www.ViscoAnalyser.com

 

[jmw]

On the other hand, another source suggests that Sir William's design was a turbine type flowmeter and that it was invented in 1952 and possibly was the foundation of the Manchester Water Meter Company.

I confess, I am having a little more difficulty in determining if the meter was the rotary piston meter and if not, who did invent it. I know who manufactured it (Joseph Tylor and Sons) but not precisely when and by who. Sir William seems the most probable. If anyone knows, please let me know.

JMW

http://www.ViscoAnalyser.com

 

[BJC]

Swash plate diesels.

http://www.axialvectorengine.com/index.html

http://www.fairdiesel.co.uk/Techie.html

 

[Zapster]

And perhaps the best way to harness the rotational energy of many new or old technology systems is to use the Rockwell Turbo Encabulator. See link below for a description of this amazing technology.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVZ8Ko-nss4&feature=related

Happy New Year

 

[thruthefence]

Has anyone read about the quantum physics "paper", written by Physics instructor of a similar sense of humor, who submitted, and actually was published by a scholarly journal? Some even hailed him as a "new force" in the field of Physics.

obligatory Wiki Link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair

 

[thruthefence]

Forgot to include this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCIgen