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... Garabed Giragossian claimed that his discovery was the greatest thing of all time , and so certain was he of its worth that he wanted the United States to assume its development for the benefit of the nation as a whole . He made ...
... Garabed Giragossian claimed that his discovery was the greatest thing of all time , and so certain was he of its worth that he wanted the United States to assume its development for the benefit of the nation as a whole . He made ...
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... Garabed Commission was James A. Moyer . The whole country was keyed up to a high state of expectancy as claims as to what the Garabed project could mean became more and more wild : free electricity , free water pumping , factory plant ...
... Garabed Commission was James A. Moyer . The whole country was keyed up to a high state of expectancy as claims as to what the Garabed project could mean became more and more wild : free electricity , free water pumping , factory plant ...
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... Garabed's 160-3 Foibles and Fallacies of Science , Hering's 156 Francis , G. W. , perpetual motion inven- tor 89 Franklin Institute , the 125 , 127 , 128 , 130 , 131 , 132 , 144 , 146 , 147 , 179 Fulton , Robert , engineer 129 ...
... Garabed's 160-3 Foibles and Fallacies of Science , Hering's 156 Francis , G. W. , perpetual motion inven- tor 89 Franklin Institute , the 125 , 127 , 128 , 130 , 131 , 132 , 144 , 146 , 147 , 179 Fulton , Robert , engineer 129 ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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