[modeleng] Re: Steam engine RPM?
- From: "Terry Lane" <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 07:00:06 +1000
They used to sell a gadget to do that over here not all that long ago -
probably still got one lyin' about somewhere. Tony might well invent the
first internal combustion steam engine eh?
> Actually, Tony, you COULD replace one of the spark plugs in your
automobile
> with a check valve and use that cylinder as a compressor. That was a tip
in
> one of the early (prewar?) DIY magazines here in the states. Might have
> been fine to fill up a tire after repairing a flat, but it sounds a lot
like
> a potential bomb if you filled up a metal tank with the mixture of
gasoline
> and air under pressure. Charles
>
> >I have checked these out and found not one but TWO copies, though through
> > another second hand book dealer. One is in South Africa and the other in
> > the
> > U.S. !!! The one in the U.S. is the equivalent of £36 however, with the
> > one
> > in S.A. not far behind, and so it looks like an Interlibrary Loan when
> > Susan
> > goes back to work in a week's time. Either that or a big tank of
> > compressed
> > air, curtesy of an electric tyre pump, which is where I came in I think.
> >
> > I only hope that other group members are enjoying the chase as much as I
> > am
> > however. It will be quite the anti climax when it is all up and running
at
> > this rate!
> >
> > Tony.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tony Wells" <oaksfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 8:12 PM
> > Subject: [modeleng] Re: Steam engine RPM?
> >
> >
> >>I have already tried Amazon, but not Wise Owl Publications, so they will
> >>be
> >> my next port of call. As to interlibrary loans, she has already got me
> >> the
> >> sole remaining copy of Harold Mason's book which I am currently
reading.
> >> The
> >> only trouble is that they have to go back, and innevitably one need's
to
> >> refer to them within a week of them doing so! On to Wise Owl .....
> >>
> >> Tony.
> >
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