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... chain which then lifted the ball back up to the trough at the top . The wheel moved the chain , and the chain would move the wheel . It was a well - engineered scheme , but that didn't overcome its disinclination to turn of itself . Fig ...
... chain which then lifted the ball back up to the trough at the top . The wheel moved the chain , and the chain would move the wheel . It was a well - engineered scheme , but that didn't overcome its disinclination to turn of itself . Fig ...
Page 116
... chain . This chain passes over pulleys UU , under the two lower ones S and s , then over the pulleys VV , and over the axis of the large wheel R by which the movement of the clock is effected by means of the weight T. The corresponding ...
... chain . This chain passes over pulleys UU , under the two lower ones S and s , then over the pulleys VV , and over the axis of the large wheel R by which the movement of the clock is effected by means of the weight T. The corresponding ...
Page 189
... chain of small cup - like buckets . Through an aperture above the chain , a ball dropped into one of the buckets and travelled downwards , turning the shaft as it went . At the bottom , the ball dropped out of the receptacle and landed ...
... chain of small cup - like buckets . Through an aperture above the chain , a ball dropped into one of the buckets and travelled downwards , turning the shaft as it went . At the bottom , the ball dropped out of the receptacle and landed ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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