A.D. 16008 1816 1864-1878 1871-1884 1875 1878 1870s 1885 12896 1902-1918 Early 19008 Archimedes reputed to have burned fleet of Marcellus with large mirrors. [Meinel, p. 1 Kircher experinents to burn wood pile with burning glasses. [Meinel, p. 2} Rev, Starling tavented Stirling cycle engine. [Meinel, p. 32] Mowchok — construction snd operation Of Several soldr-povarad “stacey engines. {Meinel, p. 4] Ericsson built 7 Ericeson-cycle solar hot-air engines (paraboloid collector), (Meine, Pp. 6) Mouchot ~ truncated cone collector - first large axicon, [Meine1, pp. 4-5} Pifte ~ solar engine (parabolic reflector) operating a steam engine, (Meinel, p. 4] We Adams - built a 12-m spherical hollow solar-powered engine. (Meinel, p, 8] C. Pope ~ general summary of current ideas and work on solar energy published in Scientific American . (Meinel, p. 8] Ef : Barr ~ large solar engine - precursor of “Power Tower”. x [Metnel, p. 8] Willste and Boyle - work engines using collectors. _ (Metnel, p. 10)Chandler - first Arizona solar water pump. IMeine1, p. 21) WSC butle ammonia S-kW engine (cloud; by burning fuel). (Meinel, p. 10] powered systea with ly day water heating Willsie - final solar engines built by Boyle and Wyman (15 and 11 ki). (Meinel, p. 10] Shuman ~ solar engine using flat- plate collectors. Solar heated water boiled ether to drive an engine. {Jordan and Liu, p. I-1) 1907 Newspaper ads for Solar Furnace and é Power Company (developed solar furnace with hot-air engine or option for steam engine). {Meinel, p. 23] 1908 Shuman and Boys - organized the Eastern Sun Power Company ; [Jordan and Liu, p. 1-2] 19i1 Roradame - description of solar i thermochemical systems (claimed 57% F 2 efficiency). ; (Meinel, p. 13] 1911 Shuman - solar engine with flat plates incorporating booster mirrors. (Meinel, p. 11] Shuman and Boys - built world's * é largest solar pumping plant in Egypt. 13,000 sq £t of parabolic reflector troughs used to operate a 75 kW (100 ine. iuetnel, pr 12. For additional information, see Jordan and Liu, pe 1-2] ms ‘pany publications on solar1930 1932 1936 1938 Early 19405 1954 1954 1956 ‘ 19508 Beteboure | (Pranae)’ = ayes a veloped and constructed “aolar” engine "Hebe tid ethyl chloride, (einel, p. 15] Ee Conan eae pune the ceria) Poltactor ‘dneiae a ryaeee envelope. {Meinel, p. 15] aot (Satthsoniem Institute) — displayed a 1/2-hp solar staan engine tn Wa rtemational Power Congeecs in Washington, (Daniels, p. 8] Redleplayed a. 1/5-ho ‘pores fngine with a flash boller in Florida. (Wantels, p. 8] Fe Melero (Helio Power Laboratory of USSR) reported on parabolic absorbers used to generate steam at Tashkent, USSR. (Jordan and Liu, p. 1-2] Association for Applied Solar Energy formed, [Jordan and Liu, p. 1-2] Formation of International Solar , Energy Society. [1975 IsES Abstracts] rst publication of the journal jolar Energy”. Khanna and Ghia (India) - small, hot air, open cycle solar engines. (Meinel, p. 34] t Baum, Aparasi, and Garf (Moscow) ~ ee built a 1:50 scale | ttodel of @ “power tower” type systen using mirrors mounted on ri flateas 4 at “pe 34)