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List of solar engines
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<p> Solar engines include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Crookes_radiometer/oFWYnTUL">Crookes radiometer</a>, a light mill composed of an airtight glass bulb containing a partial vacuum</li> <li>Solar engine, a circuit which stores energy from <a href="/facts/Solar_cell/3L814UCC">solar cells</a> in a capacitor and releases it in pulses to animate toys</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stirling_engine/mvvKyMGI">Stirling engine</a>, a heat engine of the external combustion piston engine type whose heat-exchange process allows for near-ideal efficiency in conversion of heat into mechanical movement</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stellar_engine/GgtyVXHx">Stellar engine</a>, hypothetical megastructures that work on the scale of entire stars</li></ul>