At 12:08 pm 06/05/2006 -0600, Fred wrote: >I wrote. >> >> I really don't care about the theory if .....etc. >> >> No matter what theory fits, there's only a few practical ways to >> get shaft power out of nature's energy sources. >> >Undeterred by the early Greek philosophy that in effect said that >everything can be figured out mentally, Crookes' built a "Radiometer" >that was the first Light-Insolation-Solar-Powered (LISP). > >A 2 meter diameter (tilted axis?) Radiometer-Generator sounds attractive. > >Using Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Frame with glass panels one >might make a Radiometer-Generator the size of the Astrodome >located in Richard's Texas province. If it don't float away,No? :-) > >Fred
I've often wondered how a Crookes Radiometer would scale. You seem very fond of calculating things, Fred. How about working out the relation between size and power output? 8-) Would one be better off with one big one or lots of little ones, or even a long cylindrical one? Frank
