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... produced . However , nothing they could say or publish could shake the faith of either Mrs Moore or Keely's followers . Mrs Moore was of English birth and always retained her pre- ference for London over Philadelphia . After an absence ...
... produced . However , nothing they could say or publish could shake the faith of either Mrs Moore or Keely's followers . Mrs Moore was of English birth and always retained her pre- ference for London over Philadelphia . After an absence ...
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... produced than is consumed and the quantitative measure of the process is the doubling time . This is the length of time required to produce as much net additional fissile material as was originally present in the reactor . At the end of ...
... produced than is consumed and the quantitative measure of the process is the doubling time . This is the length of time required to produce as much net additional fissile material as was originally present in the reactor . At the end of ...
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... produced . One carries on the fission as already explained , and I are spare . Now if the 993 lb. of uranium 238 are packed round the fire of uranium 235 , the 11⁄2 spare neutrons pass into the 238 and produce 11⁄2 atoms of plutonium ...
... produced . One carries on the fission as already explained , and I are spare . Now if the 993 lb. of uranium 238 are packed round the fire of uranium 235 , the 11⁄2 spare neutrons pass into the 238 and produce 11⁄2 atoms of plutonium ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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