No Practical Use

["John Hofstetter" <hofs@domain.elided>]

It was me, and I'm still maintaining that I was correct.
John Hofstetter
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From: owner-ihc-digest@domain.elided (ihc-digest)
To: ihc-digest@domain.elided
Subject: ihc-digest V6 #793
Date: Sat, May 1, 1999, 1:31 PM


I can imagine a science teacher in the 1870s (probably Hofs) telling
his
class about this new Otto cycle engine that ran on coal gas, but had
no
practical application and certainly wouldn't replace the horse or the
steam engine.