Antique Stirling engine fan - GIF

[Jon]

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




Previously:

The Stirling Engine: A Wave of the Future - video
Four-cylinder Stirling engine - GIF
16-cylinder gas-powered Stirling engine - video
Crude V-block Stirling engine - GIF

[Moldyjim]

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.

[mklotz]

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.