My new book which describes the disc engine, its history, that of the family who built it, and of their flax mill which has now survived 200 years has recently been published. It significantly both expands and updates the knowledge we have of this engine, why it was built in the first place and the flaws in the design that were inherent. It relates the extraordinary success of its steam powered successors until the faults became evident to all. It is an excellent permanent record of this lost chapter in engineering history.
THE ROMPING LION
THE STORY OF THE DAKEYNE DISC ENGINE
Author: Phil Wigfull
ISBN 978 1 906789 50 3
Price: £9.99
Size: 210 x 210mm
Paperback: 98 pages
75 black and white photos
Publication date: 29 April 2011
Orders can be placed with the publisher at
http://countrybooks.biz/. The price is £9.99 and P&P is free in the UK. Postage outside the UK is charged at cost . The total cost including shipping to a purchaser in the EU is €14.50 and to the US is $23.00.