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Organ A J 2005a Stirling and pulse-tube cryo-coolers. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester.

*Organ A J 2005b The flow friction correlation – obstacle to regenerator design.

Organ A J 2005c Regenerator thermal analysis – un-finished business.

*Organ A J 2005d Regenerator design and the neglected art of back-of-the-envelope calculation.

*Organ A J 2005e  Analysis of the counterflow spiral heat exchanger - Spirex. Under review.

(Organ  A  J    2006    The Air Engine Project. Under consideration for publication by Woodhead Publishing, Abington, Cambridge.) 

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*Items thus marked await publication. Photocopies available by mail at £15 (Sterling) each from: mRT Regenerative Thermal Machines, 32 Pettitt's Lane, DRY DRAYTON, Cambridge CB3 1PZ, UK

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