Air Engines:The History, Science, and Reality of the Perfect Engine

The original air engines (also known as a heat, hot air, caloric, or Stirling engines), predated the
modern internal combustion engine. However, the primary obstacle to its practical use in the past
has been the lack of sufficiently heat-resistant materials, which has now been eliminated due to
the higher strength of modern materials and alloys. Several companies in the U.S. and abroad are
successfully marketing new machines based on the air engine concept. The historical portion of
the book is based on four famous articles he published in 1959. The rest of the chapters assess
the development of the air engine and put it in the modern context, as well as investigate its
future potential and applications.