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... Giragossian , urged the attention of the American public for his invention of ' free energy ' , his plea to his fellow men was received without any form of prejudice - even the free energy bit . Giragossian suddenly came wide - eyed and ...
... Giragossian , urged the attention of the American public for his invention of ' free energy ' , his plea to his fellow men was received without any form of prejudice - even the free energy bit . Giragossian suddenly came wide - eyed and ...
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... Giragossian was confronted with the bald question ' What are your qualifications for undertaking this work ? ' his inability to compre- hend that it was generally accepted that engineering qualifications would add credibility to his ...
... Giragossian was confronted with the bald question ' What are your qualifications for undertaking this work ? ' his inability to compre- hend that it was generally accepted that engineering qualifications would add credibility to his ...
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... Giragossian was doing was stopping the thing suddenly and noting how great a power had been developed by expending in a few seconds the energy which had taken minutes to be stored up . Giragossian demonstrated beyond the smallest doubt ...
... Giragossian was doing was stopping the thing suddenly and noting how great a power had been developed by expending in a few seconds the energy which had taken minutes to be stored up . Giragossian demonstrated beyond the smallest doubt ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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