Here's one running:
https://youtu.be/GryagG9Fme0?si=FXPd9CQdNS7PhhsgComment from this Video:
@Sparky95
11 years ago
I applaud you for knowing most of the components of Illuminating gas (Coal gas, Town gas, Manufactured gas, Coking gas, etc.) but you are missing a crucial one that makes it "Illuminating Gas" that is ethylene and/or acetylene. A mix of around 50% hydrogen, 30% methane, 10% carbon monoxide, 5% ethylene, and 5% acetylene were found in good illuminating gas. This is what allowed it to be luminous without a mantle, and when the mantle came about, illuminating gas lost favor over natural gas.
@crazydoug66 ran his at Cool Springs:
Description from his video:
This is the Paradox Engine I bought Wednesday at the Coolsprings Engine Show. I took it back to the show the next day, where there is a fellow with the right "town gas," a mixture of hydrogen and propane, not commonly found today, which this engine requires for running. Although it didn't run yesterday, the same gentleman was able to show me where I had a plugged pipe, which I corrected last evening. I returned again this morning, once again, for a chance to see my engine running. This time, it fired right up, and I was told it was the best running one he had seen yet. Since I don't know if I will be able to come up with this mixture of gases to run it again, I'll probably only get to run it once a year, when I take it to the Coolsprings Show! https://youtu.be/h1-QDLYWbq4?si=IUW5GHbcEdGJD-Sn
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