Maestrophone - heat engine phonograph
“Always ready to work. 300 milliliters of alcohol will provide work up to 12 hours. It works quietly and evenly. The rotation speed is adjustable. The flames pose no danger. ”
At the beginning of the 20th century various home appliances with a Stirling engine were produced. For example, gramophones.
They poured alcohol into the burner, set it on fire, pushed the handwheel with their hands, and enjoyed the music. No clockwork springs and electricity.
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Copy made in Switzerland in the 1910s:
(on the video channel of this author you can see such a wonderful thing as a fan operating from the heat of a kerosene lamp ).
The video, where the device is shown in more detail and the principle of the "thermal" gramophone does not work, it can be viewed HERE .
Alcoholograms cost more than clockwork and did not last long on the market; now it is a rarity.
Sources: 1 , 2 , 3 .
At the beginning of the 20th century various home appliances with a Stirling engine were produced. For example, gramophones.
They poured alcohol into the burner, set it on fire, pushed the handwheel with their hands, and enjoyed the music. No clockwork springs and electricity.
')
Copy made in Switzerland in the 1910s:
(on the video channel of this author you can see such a wonderful thing as a fan operating from the heat of a kerosene lamp ).
The video, where the device is shown in more detail and the principle of the "thermal" gramophone does not work, it can be viewed HERE .
Alcoholograms cost more than clockwork and did not last long on the market; now it is a rarity.
Sources: 1 , 2 , 3 .
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/374931/
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