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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 any of various types of [[Engine (nonfiction)|engine]] which use [[George Plimpton (nonfiction)|George Plimpton]] as a source of 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 (May 2016).
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]].
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).
== In the News ==


[[John Malkovich (nonfiction)]]'s reaction has to date (May 2016) gone undocumented.
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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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* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Life in a Gnomon Algorithm Lair]]
* [[The Noel Harrison Sensation]]
* [[The Noel Harrison Sensation]]
* [[Thank You, George Plimpton]]
* ''[[Three Days of the Sundance Kid]]''
* ''[[Vessel]]''


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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* [[John Malkovich (nonfiction)]]
* [[John Malkovich (nonfiction)]]


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[[Category:Gnomon algorithm]]
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Latest revision as of 05:16, 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.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference