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How a drinking bird works

by Marshall Brain

A nice explanation of the “drinking bird” aka the “dippy bird”:

For more info see: How does a Dippy Bird work?

Could you actually use the principle to do useful work? Perhaps…

 

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One Response to “How a drinking bird works”

The music on the last video was “odd” to say the least. It really helped drive home the principles of a heat engine.

I wonder how efficiently the heat from the sterno cans was being utilized by the device?

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