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Lot 24

A MODERN, UNUSED SOLAR-DRIVEN HOT AIR ENGINE,
Built by 'Solar Engines', Phoenix, Arizona, circa 1976,

22 September 2015, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £62.50 inc. premium

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A MODERN, UNUSED SOLAR-DRIVEN HOT AIR ENGINE, Built by 'Solar Engines', Phoenix, Arizona, circa 1976,

The engine is of the coaxial design with twin flywheels and anodised treble disc crankshaft with neatly split crankcase. The cylinder has turned cooling fins and hot cylinder at the focal centre of an aluminium parabolic reflector, 18 ins diameter

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