In 1982 I found a rather crude but none the less perfect heat engine cycle. It was supposed to be impossible and it was a shocking find because I was a brainwashed engineer. I had spent my entire working life pushing garbage uphill.

I have persued it and opened a monumental can of worms.

Most of the story is now at http://www.thewebspert.com/cresswell/. Diagrams 2 and 9-1
are key.

Wow, stuff like that makes me want I'd paid more attention in school...

My grandfather had a model in his basement similar to this...It ran for 6 months before it stopped on its own. He didn't go to college either, just read all the time, everything he could get his hands on.