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Robert Stirling, Scottish minister and engineer, invented the stirling engine (born 1790)

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Robert Stirling

Scottish clergyman and engineer (1790-1878)

Robert Stirling was a Scottish clergyman and engineer. He invented the Stirling engine and was inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Stirling engine

Closed-cycle regenerative heat engine

A Stirling engine is a heat engine that is operated by the cyclic expansion and contraction of air or other gas by exposing it to different temperatures, resulting in a net conversion of heat energy to mechanical work.
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June 6

Day of the year

June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 208 days remain until the end of the year.
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