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English: Experimental Caloric Engine, longitudinal section. Designed by John Ericsson. Built at New York, 1851. Plate 54. See Chapter XXX.

a, air-receiver,
b b, supply-cylinder,
e', self-acting valve for letting air into, and e self-acting valve for letting air out of, the same.
 c, supply-piston ;
c', piston-rod of the same, connected to the working-beam of the engine.
d d, working-cylinder ;
d' d', holes at the junction of the two cylinders, through which the atmospheric air passes in and out freely.
e e, working-piston ;
d d, rods connecting the two pistons together,
e, air-tight vessel, suspended below the working piston, filled with clay and charcoal to prevent transmission of heat from below,
 f f, regenerator ;
f', discs of wire-net, placed vertically in the regenerator-box,
g, valve, worked by the engine, for admitting air into the regenerator and working-cylinder;
k, valve for letting air out of the same.
i i, pipe, open to the atmosphere, for carrying off the air after having passed through the engine;
k, fire-place.

Descriptions in the illustrations referred to are (Copied from Appleton's Magazine of 1853)
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Source http://hotairengines.org/open-cycle-engine/ericsson-1851/the-ericsson-caloric-engine
Author Appleton's Magazine of 1853

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