Maestrophone - gramophone with a heat engine

"Always ready. 300 milliliters of alcohol will provide work to 12 hours. Operates quietly and evenly. The speed of rotation is adjustable. The flame does not pose any danger ».





At the beginning of the XX century produced a variety of home appliances with двигателем Stirling . For example, gramophones.

In poured alcohol burner, burned it, pushing the flywheel by hand and enjoyed the music. No clockwork springs and electricity.






Copies made in Switzerland in the 1910s:


(On the video channel of the author can be seen such a wonderful thing as fan powered by the heat of a kerosene lamp ).

Video where shown in more detail design and function "thermal" gramophone embed does not work, you can see the ЗДЕСЬ.

Spirtogrammofony worth more than catchy, and the market did not last long; Now it is a rarity.

Sources: 1 , 2 , 3 .

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