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... mercury , which I conceive to be preferable to water on many accounts , and principally because it does not adhere or evaporate like water ; C is a reservoir , which , when the screw is turned round , receives the mercury which falls ...
... mercury , which I conceive to be preferable to water on many accounts , and principally because it does not adhere or evaporate like water ; C is a reservoir , which , when the screw is turned round , receives the mercury which falls ...
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... mercury would flow from each reservoir as it rose above the horizontal line and pass through to the bellows on the descending side , so ac- celerating the downwards movement . Perpetual motion , though , remained elusive to the mercury ...
... mercury would flow from each reservoir as it rose above the horizontal line and pass through to the bellows on the descending side , so ac- celerating the downwards movement . Perpetual motion , though , remained elusive to the mercury ...
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... mercury and the puppets were pivoted to them . When placed on the top of a staircase , the toy slowly and decorously ' walked ' down- stairs , each doll leap - frogging over the other as the mercury moved up and down the tube . Another ...
... mercury and the puppets were pivoted to them . When placed on the top of a staircase , the toy slowly and decorously ' walked ' down- stairs , each doll leap - frogging over the other as the mercury moved up and down the tube . Another ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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