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[[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.
[[File:Plimpton engine.jpg|thumb|This modern Plimpton engine has been retrofitted into a hydrogen bubble chamber.]]A '''Plimpton engine''' is any of various types of [[Engine (nonfiction)|engine]] which use [[George Plimpton (nonfiction)|George Plimpton]] as a source for energy, 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).
Plimpton engines are a well-known class of [[Gnomon algorithms]].


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 07:44, 28 August 2022

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

A Plimpton engine is any of various types of engine which use George Plimpton as a source for energy, control, or other properties.

Plimpton engines are a well-known class of Gnomon algorithms.

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.

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