Based on previous work by George Cayley (known for his pioneering work on aeronautics), Stirling filed his patent for a safer engine in 1816. That makes this year the bicentenary of this engine.

Reader Sarah Turner emailed in a question yesterday asking about the Stirling Engine and what might come be it’s future as a power source in automobiles. Since this is an excellent topic that ...

Its quiet Stirling engines helped it evade detection ... “It’s all thanks to a very old-school engine. Instead of using its diesel to power an internal combustion engine (which is quite ...