Table of Contents

Bridging the gap; the Stirling cycle; heat transfer - and the price; similarity and scaling; energetic similarity; in support of similarity; Hausen revisited; connectivity and thermal shorting; real particle trajectories - natural co-ordinates; the Stirling regenerator; compressibility effects; regenerator flow impedance; complex admittance - experimental collaboration; steady flow correlations; optimization - without the computer; optimization - cycle steady state; elements of combustion; design study; hobbyhorse; origins.