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... lamp was found which was said to have been burning for 1,200 years . Two lamps of this supposed type are preserved in Leyden Museum in South Holland . Wilkins tells of Cedrenus who in Jus- tinian's time ( AD 527 ) heard of a lamp found ...
... lamp was found which was said to have been burning for 1,200 years . Two lamps of this supposed type are preserved in Leyden Museum in South Holland . Wilkins tells of Cedrenus who in Jus- tinian's time ( AD 527 ) heard of a lamp found ...
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... lamp , which had continued burning for 1500 years . The story is this . As a rus- tick was digging in the ground by Padua , he found an Urne or earthern pot in which there was another urne , and in this lesser , a lamp clearly burning ...
... lamp , which had continued burning for 1500 years . The story is this . As a rus- tick was digging in the ground by Padua , he found an Urne or earthern pot in which there was another urne , and in this lesser , a lamp clearly burning ...
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... lamp , Wilkins postulated , the impression might arise that the lamp had actually been burning , the draught on opening the tomb having blown out the flame . He makes no mention of the fact that aside ... lamp was made Perpetual Lamps 197.
... lamp , Wilkins postulated , the impression might arise that the lamp had actually been burning , the draught on opening the tomb having blown out the flame . He makes no mention of the fact that aside ... lamp was made Perpetual Lamps 197.
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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