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Page 95
... tube since it weighs so much more . It will finally overbalance the smaller quantity in the narrower part of the tube so that the liquid will spill out of the open narrow end back into the body of the goblet . Once started flowing , the ...
... tube since it weighs so much more . It will finally overbalance the smaller quantity in the narrower part of the tube so that the liquid will spill out of the open narrow end back into the body of the goblet . Once started flowing , the ...
Page 96
... tube EF , open at both ends , be taken of such length that AC : EF > 2L : G + L ; let the lower orifice F of this tube be stopped , or rather covered with the filter or other material separating the lighter liquid from the heavier ...
... tube EF , open at both ends , be taken of such length that AC : EF > 2L : G + L ; let the lower orifice F of this tube be stopped , or rather covered with the filter or other material separating the lighter liquid from the heavier ...
Page 107
... tube which was open at both ends but with the lower end tapered or closed in slightly . A well - greased cotton rope passed through the tube and over a pulley mounted some distance above the tube . The curved lower portion of the J - tube ...
... tube which was open at both ends but with the lower end tapered or closed in slightly . A well - greased cotton rope passed through the tube and over a pulley mounted some distance above the tube . The curved lower portion of the J - tube ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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