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The result was delete. Ad Orientem (talk) 02:50, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Barton evaporation engine[edit]

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I took a look at this article and attempted to find any sources besides the ones published by its inventor. I could not find anything on the subject that Dr. Barton did not him or herself publish. I'm also a little skeptical about the article's claims, but it doesn't claim or seem to violate the laws of thermodynamics, so I'm not going to make a WP:FRINGE issue out of it. It just seems in summary to be an idea that has not yet caught enough attention to be notable. Ipatrol (talk) 18:48, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. ~Ruyaba~ {talk} 19:00, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. ~Ruyaba~ {talk} 19:00, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I note that Barton's paper analyzing this invention has 7 citations listed on Google Scholar, but 6 of the citing papers were written by Barton himself. This is just another of the many inventions that may or may not be good ideas, but simply haven't caught on, so haven't become notable. Phil Bridger (talk) 13:51, 15 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom and comments. Paleorthid (talk) 22:23, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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