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Robert Stirling
1790–1878 · Engineering
- Lifespan
- 1790–1878
- Field
- Engineering
- Nationality
- Scottish
Known For
A minister who patented the closed-cycle hot-air engine with a regenerator in 1816 — the most thermodynamically elegant engine ever devised, and one of the least used.
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