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... century conception , such a view was by no means improbable or altogether unreasonable , although Agricola made far ... Century of Inventions , published in 1655,2 a number of contrivances which would appear from his de- scriptions to be ...
... century conception , such a view was by no means improbable or altogether unreasonable , although Agricola made far ... Century of Inventions , published in 1655,2 a number of contrivances which would appear from his de- scriptions to be ...
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... century after the Thirty Years ' War , ' Böckler's acquaint- ance with machinery was restricted almost entirely to mills of one sort or another . In most of these , regardless of the motive power , he depicts the precursor of the geared ...
... century after the Thirty Years ' War , ' Böckler's acquaint- ance with machinery was restricted almost entirely to mills of one sort or another . In most of these , regardless of the motive power , he depicts the precursor of the geared ...
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... century dawned , science was making its first unsteady steps in electricity - electro - magnetism as it was com- monly called.1 Science had progressed a long way since the water - mill , and perpetual motionists moved with the times as ...
... century dawned , science was making its first unsteady steps in electricity - electro - magnetism as it was com- monly called.1 Science had progressed a long way since the water - mill , and perpetual motionists moved with the times as ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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