饮水鸟
饮水鸟也叫喝水鸟、永动鸟,是一种根据热机原理制作的一种由美国人万里诉沙利文(Miles V. Sullivan)在西元1942年所设计的玩具。一般由玻璃制成。当“鸟头”被润湿时,由于水蒸发带走了热量,使头部的气压降低,鸟身体内的液体被吸到头部,使得身体头重脚轻,鸟头因过重而往前倾,当身体接近水平时体内两端空气又开始流通,压强平衡,头部的液体又回到体内,鸟头恢复初始状态。如果前面放有水,使鸟头前倾时能够沾到,保持鸟头湿润,则此过程即可反复进行。
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- Video comparing two common drinking birds in action.
- How a drinking bird works. (页面存档备份,存于)
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- modification guide for a purely solar-powered bird (页面存档备份,存于)
- art project by Daniel Reynolds (页面存档备份,存于)
- Miles V. Sullivan designed the Drinking Bird in 1945 - filed for patent 2,402,463 on Aug 6, 1945
- Drinking Duck: (页面存档备份,存于) Demonstration experiment (instruction and video)
- Who invented the drinking bird?
- The effects of ethanol on Drinking bird (页面存档备份,存于)
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