100 Year Old Thermodynamics Text Book

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100 Year Old Thermodynamics Text Book

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Thermodynamics Text Book 1800's (posted on HAES By Garret)


http://www.archive.org/download/princip ... her00rnric
h.pdf


Over 700 pages (90MB) of arcane data including saturated steam table
for 'disulphide of carbon' a real nasty chemical!

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Re: Thermo book 1800's

http://www.archive.org/download/princip ... er00rnrich
/principlesofther00rnrich.pdf

Garret(HAES) supplied above link which many here could benefit from. It's from 1900, but written in a student style common to mid 1800s which allows Tesla types to self learn similar Abe Lincoln's fireside education. In modern buzz: text is highly accessible (check out Ericsson text starting pg. 225).

Since most here are not history buffs...this type of text disappeared
with the rise of the University system, whereby most later texts
required an instructor 'key' or remained largely incoherent. In this
manner, formal education evolved beyond gentry class to the masses while the 'gatekeeper' evolved from the rich to the teacher. US public education has always been weak (ya get what ya pay for???) and by early 1900s evolved into the 'factory' model where mass education was for industrial benefit (educatoio on a need to know basis where most were expected to be mere cogs for the Industrial wheel). Post WWII, US public education was again tweaked as propaganda means during cold war. However, US education fell into a pit when states centralized local school boards and allowed the rise of educational textbook makers to pander to administrative bozos. My point is that any degreed guy under 75 yrs old is a product of this 'warped' education which serves to maintain the status quo. No doubt, such education can find 'gainful' employment (serving the rich) but don't expect any earth shaking change from such.

Sorry about Off Topic diatribe, but it explains (partially) why we're in this energy dilemma. (pacificstirling)
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Keeping on topic, of Stirling engines, the problem is that too many people have messed up Science with politics such that simple facts are beyond the understanding of the full range of human IQ's.

One side thinks turning down the heat, changing light bulbs, and riding a bicycle will somehow prevent a global collapse caused by rampart growth of emerging populations.

The other side is still pushing that their ancient invisible super hero that doesn't actually do anything is telling them to ignore what we actually see, and touch and feel.

The truth is that the human race has to convert from energy hunter-gatherers to energy farmers. Like real food theory, it seems like a pain in the beginning, but in the end yields vastly more output.

There is more energy out there than even us greedy humans could possibly use in a thousand generations. Engines that are heated externally are key to this harvesting. The Stirling is the theoretical champ of external heated/cooled engines. The product of these engines is to be hydrogen, which becomes money, literally.

Such is my personal obsession with the Stirling.

And so, even as written here, on this nice place to post, such simple solutions will not come to pass in my lifetime.

Because science has become another political football, closing the minds of the billions screaming for an answer in the name of mercy.

For all I give crap to, I do still urge people to get a little model Stirling, and hold it in your hand, watching it go round-and-round.

The answer really is there. All the pieces now exist to make it real on the industrial level.

But it still is not likely to happen any time soon.



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