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... Bishop Wilkins , Mathematical Magick published in 1648 . The Bishop examined the schemes of Taisnierus which he had published some time prior to 1579 in a book devoted to Continual Motions and to the solving of the problem by magnetism .
... Bishop Wilkins , Mathematical Magick published in 1648 . The Bishop examined the schemes of Taisnierus which he had published some time prior to 1579 in a book devoted to Continual Motions and to the solving of the problem by magnetism .
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... Bishop Wilkins2 who devotes some considerable space to a discourse on these ... Wilkins tells of Cedrenus who in Jus- tinian's time ( AD 527 ) heard of a ... Wilkins , Bishop of Chester ) , Lon- don , 1648 , section ' Subterraneous lamps ...
... Bishop Wilkins2 who devotes some considerable space to a discourse on these ... Wilkins tells of Cedrenus who in Jus- tinian's time ( AD 527 ) heard of a ... Wilkins , Bishop of Chester ) , Lon- don , 1648 , section ' Subterraneous lamps ...
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The History of an Obsession Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume. Bishop Wilkins relates several other instances as follows ... Bishop Wilkins , may have been due to the phosphore- 1Fortunius Licetus , De Lunae Subobscura Luce Prope Conjunctiones ...
The History of an Obsession Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume. Bishop Wilkins relates several other instances as follows ... Bishop Wilkins , may have been due to the phosphore- 1Fortunius Licetus , De Lunae Subobscura Luce Prope Conjunctiones ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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