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... Patent Office for protec- tion of what are electrical perpetual motion machines . For years the Patent Office income was considerably augmented annually by the receipt of fees from inventors of perpetual motion machines , but no fees ...
... Patent Office for protec- tion of what are electrical perpetual motion machines . For years the Patent Office income was considerably augmented annually by the receipt of fees from inventors of perpetual motion machines , but no fees ...
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... application . And so each potential solver of the impossible , when he approached the Patent Office , was given a printed circular . It read : ' The views of the Patent Office are in accord with those of the scientists who have ...
... application . And so each potential solver of the impossible , when he approached the Patent Office , was given a printed circular . It read : ' The views of the Patent Office are in accord with those of the scientists who have ...
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... patent office 178 ; number in us patent office 179 Pedesis 200 Pendulum , Wilberforce 218 Pepys , Samuel , diarist , quoted 186 Perigrinus , Peter , perpetual motion in- ventor 83 Permanent - magnet motor 92 Perpetual , definition of ...
... patent office 178 ; number in us patent office 179 Pedesis 200 Pendulum , Wilberforce 218 Pepys , Samuel , diarist , quoted 186 Perigrinus , Peter , perpetual motion in- ventor 83 Permanent - magnet motor 92 Perpetual , definition of ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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