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... flywheel . Ultimately the truth emerged . A steady flow of compressed air , undetectable from outside the case , kept the flywheel turning , for it was the flywheel that drove the overbalanced wheel , rather than the other way round . A ...
... flywheel . Ultimately the truth emerged . A steady flow of compressed air , undetectable from outside the case , kept the flywheel turning , for it was the flywheel that drove the overbalanced wheel , rather than the other way round . A ...
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... flywheel and the shaft of the pulley rotates so as to drive the edge of the flywheel . The rotation of wheel C was sup- posed to turn the flywheel which in turn turned the chainwheel . This system was not even distinguished by subtlety ...
... flywheel and the shaft of the pulley rotates so as to drive the edge of the flywheel . The rotation of wheel C was sup- posed to turn the flywheel which in turn turned the chainwheel . This system was not even distinguished by subtlety ...
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... flywheel ! Garabed's great machine consisted of a heavy flywheel which could be set in motion by means of a system of pulleys . The fly- wheel was mounted in bearings which were devised to keep fric- tion to a minimum , and it was ...
... flywheel ! Garabed's great machine consisted of a heavy flywheel which could be set in motion by means of a system of pulleys . The fly- wheel was mounted in bearings which were devised to keep fric- tion to a minimum , and it was ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
Copyright | |
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