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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 05:04, 20 December 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 of 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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