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A [[Plimpton engine]] is an [[engine (nonfiction)]] which uses [[George Plimpton (nonfiction)]] as a source for power, control, or other properties.
[[File:Plimpton engine.jpg|thumb|This modern Plimpton engine has been retrofitted into a hydrogen bubble chamber.]]A '''Plimpton engine''' is an [[engine (nonfiction)]] which uses [[George Plimpton (nonfiction)]] as a source for power, control, or other properties.


Plimpton engines are presumed to use some form of the [[Gnomon algorithm]], although this has not been investigated to date (May 2016).
Plimpton engines are presumed to use some form of the [[Gnomon algorithm]], although this has not been investigated to date (August 2022).
 
== History ==


Plimpton engines were famously invented by [[George Plimpton (nonfiction)]], upon accepting [[Noel Harrison (nonfiction)]]'s invitation to join him in [[The Noel Harrison Sensation]].
Plimpton engines were famously invented by [[George Plimpton (nonfiction)]], upon accepting [[Noel Harrison (nonfiction)]]'s invitation to join him in [[The Noel Harrison Sensation]].
The pair watched the premier showing of [[Being John Malkovich (nonfiction)]], both from the lobby (as life-size cardboard figure), and in the theater itself, as an enormous poster covering most of the back wall (with a slightly painful aperture for the beam).
[[John Malkovich (nonfiction)]]'s reaction has to date (May 2016) gone undocumented.


== In the News ==
== In the News ==


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File:Hydrogen_bubble_chamber.jpg|Hydrogen bubble chamber must be useful for ''something'', reasons the ever-curious [[George Plimpton]].
File:Hydrogen_bubble_chamber.jpg|Hydrogen bubble chamber must be useful for ''something'', reasons the ever-curious [[George Plimpton]].
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Revision as of 07:43, 28 August 2022

This modern Plimpton engine has been retrofitted into a hydrogen bubble chamber.

A Plimpton engine is an engine (nonfiction) which uses George Plimpton (nonfiction) as a source for power, control, or other properties.

Plimpton engines are presumed to use some form of the Gnomon algorithm, although this has not been investigated to date (August 2022).

History

Plimpton engines were famously invented by George Plimpton (nonfiction), upon accepting Noel Harrison (nonfiction)'s invitation to join him in The Noel Harrison Sensation.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference