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... Invention . It is also allowed , not only to be a great discovery , but has been pronounced , by inen of the first ... inventions of all types . The notice above dates from the opening decades of the last cen- tury and illustrates the ...
... Invention . It is also allowed , not only to be a great discovery , but has been pronounced , by inen of the first ... inventions of all types . The notice above dates from the opening decades of the last cen- tury and illustrates the ...
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... invention , which is not that of a machine for the application of power , but for the immensely more important purpose of generating power itself , so that , strictly speaking , it includes as a basis all other machines ... ' The editor ...
... invention , which is not that of a machine for the application of power , but for the immensely more important purpose of generating power itself , so that , strictly speaking , it includes as a basis all other machines ... ' The editor ...
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... invention 120 Angrist , Stanley W. , quoted 39 , 40 , 76 Annalen der Physik 167 Annales de Chimie quoted 86 Annual Register , The quoted 112 Anti - gravity matter , quest for 85-6 , 87 Antrum Magico - Medicum quoted 41 Archimedes ...
... invention 120 Angrist , Stanley W. , quoted 39 , 40 , 76 Annalen der Physik 167 Annales de Chimie quoted 86 Annual Register , The quoted 112 Anti - gravity matter , quest for 85-6 , 87 Antrum Magico - Medicum quoted 41 Archimedes ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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