1855: The Industrial Revolution is in full and inexorable swing, powered by steam-driven cybernetic Engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine and

Some 200 years after the original invention, internal design of a Stirling engine has come to be considered a specialist task, calling for extensive experience

Portrays 125 years of steam engine operations on the railroad.

For Stirling engines to enjoy widespread application and acceptance, not only must the fundamental operation of such engines be widely understood, but the requi