GasSteam

[freebeard]

Henry Ford's Hybrid GasSteam Engine

Here's hybrid energy on an industrial scale. The two modes have a crank-and-rod attachment to each side of the DC generator. Matched in power output, they each have a connecting rod with two concentric pistons. Many duplicate castings and synchronisers for the two modes. The waste heat from the ICE side drives the steam side.

All they had back then was first principles. I believe I will eschew the Greek order columns for the Henry Ford [battered and beveled] square cast iron columns (in the basement level).

edit: Here's a pic of the column in question:


https://thfemu.s3.amazonaws.com/Coll...s/thf18671.jpg

[Xist]

Interesting find, freebeard.

[freebeard]

Thx

I think I'm reverting to the 1920s. The Milburn Light Electric. The Mercury boat tail roadster rebody for the Model T. Steve Jobs would've approved of Henry Ford's round-cornered rectangle columns.

And always, the AC power from Willamette Falls before Tesla did Niagara Falls. That had to do with the streecars in Portland, 14 miles to the North. The book I bought just yesterday is Lost Oregon Street Cars. From horse drawn to electric and gone by the 1930s. Single truck trolleys are kawaii.


https://www.cardcow.com/images/set206/card00028_fr.jpg

You could fit a Prius roller skate under there.

edit:
Forget building a shed. This plan for a shepherd's trailer could be revised into the closed body with half circular entries. Standard gauge rails and/or rubber tires.