Re: NO moving parts?

[Patrick Salsbury <salsbury at sculptors dot com>]

On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 08:07:58AM -0600, Ted Ledbetter wrote:
>...this AmericanScientist report includes several very good diagrams, including
> eledctical and mechanical schematics and wave-phase plots...and, to me,
> a most beautiful set of pix of a  simple solar-powered thermo-acoustic engine:
> http://www.sigmaxi.org/amsci/articles/00articles/garrettcap3.html
> 
> just think..."Sonic-Heat" or "Hot-Sound" (not ColdFusion) electricity from
> concentrated-sunlight, gas-fuel or wood-fire heat...just what i need for
> my mountain-top dome-cabin...and to recharge my electric-bikes...
> 
	And Sonic-cold, as well! A solar-powered cold generator would be a
boon to third-world countries that don't yet have refrigeration, as well
as a possible cold-source for atmospheric condensers like we discuss over
on the clean-water list. So that you can keep all your hydroponic veggies
watered, and your hot tub filled. :-)

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Pat
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