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Page 188
... bottom of the lowest wheel on to which each ball falls , it runs along a guide to a bucket at the bottom of the lowest wheel in the second set of three . This systematically lifts each ball back up , passing it from one wheel to the ...
... bottom of the lowest wheel on to which each ball falls , it runs along a guide to a bucket at the bottom of the lowest wheel in the second set of three . This systematically lifts each ball back up , passing it from one wheel to the ...
Page 189
... bottom , the ball dropped out of the receptacle and landed on a spring - loaded trigger which allowed another ball to drop on to the chain . As the second ball descended , it wound up the other ball so that when the second ball dropped ...
... bottom , the ball dropped out of the receptacle and landed on a spring - loaded trigger which allowed another ball to drop on to the chain . As the second ball descended , it wound up the other ball so that when the second ball dropped ...
Page 192
... bottom of the helical path , or about as high as the front plate of the movement , and terminates in a spoon - like receptacle with the opening facing to the right . This balance rotates continu- ously in an anti - clockwise direction ...
... bottom of the helical path , or about as high as the front plate of the movement , and terminates in a spoon - like receptacle with the opening facing to the right . This balance rotates continu- ously in an anti - clockwise direction ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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