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Stirling engine

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Stirling engine

Summary

Stirling engine ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,911 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Stirling engine is credited with the discovery of Robert Stirling[2].
  • Stirling engine is a type of external combustion engine[3].
  • Stirling engine's Commons category is recorded as Stirling engines[4].
  • Stirling engine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1816[5].
  • Stirling engine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Stirling engines[6].
  • Stirling engine's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[7].

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Definition and Type

Stirling engine is a type of external combustion engine[3].

Why It Matters

Stirling engine ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,911 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4ZEmQ1
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  2. 15w ago · Ginta Pankoka · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of latvia id → 000370141
    Subclass of → external combustion engine
    Topic's main category → Category:Stirling engines
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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