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... discs , until you had a pile of discs , an electric current could be produced . Volta's voltaic or column pile was the forerunner of the familiar dry battery of today . In subsequent years , numerous inventors experimented with the ...
... discs , until you had a pile of discs , an electric current could be produced . Volta's voltaic or column pile was the forerunner of the familiar dry battery of today . In subsequent years , numerous inventors experimented with the ...
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... discs of flint , the surfaces of which had been rubbed with the adjacent metal . Each disc was separated by gilt paper which had been soaked in a weak salt solution and then allowed to dry . Behrens made dry piles from 1803 onwards but ...
... discs of flint , the surfaces of which had been rubbed with the adjacent metal . Each disc was separated by gilt paper which had been soaked in a weak salt solution and then allowed to dry . Behrens made dry piles from 1803 onwards but ...
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... disc by two discs of paper . The pile was then clamped together very tightly on an insulated rod . The actual discs did not need to be more than 1⁄2 in . in diameter . 08 De Luc arranged two such piles so that they were supported ...
... disc by two discs of paper . The pile was then clamped together very tightly on an insulated rod . The actual discs did not need to be more than 1⁄2 in . in diameter . 08 De Luc arranged two such piles so that they were supported ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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