Antique Stirling engine fan - GIF

Antique Stirling engine fan. Titled as 175 years old, and made by the East India Company.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...329#post173131
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...039#post171976
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...938#post171619
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...362#post165966

I want one!
That's so cool...or not.
Though it does seem counterproductive if its used for cooling.
In the winter time it would work as a heated fan.

I believe that, during the Raj, another version was used that combined a kerosene lamp for illumination with the Stirling fan to stir the air. Given the climate in India, even a somewhat less than cool breeze was probably much appreciated.

The idea persists today in the form of wood stove Stirling fans to circulate the heated air.