Early Amberg hot air engine for gas lighting
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- The Amberg company in Germany made small hot air motors directly coupled with an air pump with a rod from the power piston. This is one of their earliest production models from the 1890s. Air was pumped into a tank which led to another large carburetor-like tank filled with gasoline. Vaporized gasoline was pumped to gas lighting fixtures within homes or businesses. Sound dangerous? Similar (but weight-driven) systems were fairly common in the US and homes equipped with them actually were considered safer and got lower insurance rates than homes using only kerosene lamps.
Beautiful machine.
Thank you.
For a second, I saw Amber(g) & gas lighting and thought this was a different kind of video.
Even today, Thats a serious bit of kit!
Beautiful and interesting engine. Nice one. Cheers Rob
That is too cool! I love all of the monkey motion of the linkages.
Thanks for the video, where can I buy one of this?
Genial.
Tired of having to pump up your white gas lantern? Then this is the product for you!
What function did an engine like this serve in gas lighting?
It is explained in the text below the video. Thanks.