Perpetual Motion: The History of an Obsession |
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... means is an impossibility , it is not always so easy to prove that perpetual motion must automatically be impossible by any means . It is for this reason that the im- possibility of perpetual motion , by mechanical means , is but an ...
... means is an impossibility , it is not always so easy to prove that perpetual motion must automatically be impossible by any means . It is for this reason that the im- possibility of perpetual motion , by mechanical means , is but an ...
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... means of creating perpetual motion machines . But before relating some of these attempts , it is worth including in this chapter a few of the strange hydrostatic perpetual motion schemes that have been put forward . The hydrostatic ...
... means of creating perpetual motion machines . But before relating some of these attempts , it is worth including in this chapter a few of the strange hydrostatic perpetual motion schemes that have been put forward . The hydrostatic ...
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... mean became more and more wild : free electricity , free water pumping , factory plant operated at a fraction of the ... means of a system of pulleys . The fly- wheel was mounted in bearings which were devised to keep fric- tion to a ...
... mean became more and more wild : free electricity , free water pumping , factory plant operated at a fraction of the ... means of a system of pulleys . The fly- wheel was mounted in bearings which were devised to keep fric- tion to a ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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