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... Philadelphia plays in the history of perpetual motion in the United States . This city , a major social and industrial hub since its foundation , was the breeding ground for several notable perpetual motion machines and today the ...
... Philadelphia plays in the history of perpetual motion in the United States . This city , a major social and industrial hub since its foundation , was the breeding ground for several notable perpetual motion machines and today the ...
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... Philadelphia and New York . In Scharf and Westcott's History of Philadelphia there is a reproduction of the advertising circular which Redheffer used to attract visitors to his exhibition at Germantown , Phila- delphia . This reveals ...
... Philadelphia and New York . In Scharf and Westcott's History of Philadelphia there is a reproduction of the advertising circular which Redheffer used to attract visitors to his exhibition at Germantown , Phila- delphia . This reveals ...
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... Philadelphia , vol . 139 , 1894-5 , pp . 246–51 . NICHOLSON , William , article on Cox's clock , Philosophical Journal , Lon- don , vol . I , 1799 , p . 375 . ORD - HUME , Arthur W. J. G. , Clockwork Music , Allen & Unwin , London ...
... Philadelphia , vol . 139 , 1894-5 , pp . 246–51 . NICHOLSON , William , article on Cox's clock , Philosophical Journal , Lon- don , vol . I , 1799 , p . 375 . ORD - HUME , Arthur W. J. G. , Clockwork Music , Allen & Unwin , London ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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