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... apparatus . His inventions comprise a generator , a motor , and a sort of governor or regulator , and the whole apparatus is so simple that a child could work it . " ' Fig . 49. G. W. Francis of Reading , Pennsyl- vania , thought up ...
... apparatus . His inventions comprise a generator , a motor , and a sort of governor or regulator , and the whole apparatus is so simple that a child could work it . " ' Fig . 49. G. W. Francis of Reading , Pennsyl- vania , thought up ...
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... apparatus invented by himself , the heat in water or other objects at ordinary atmospheric temperature may be utilized to vaporize liquid ammonia under very considerable pressures , but within the control of known means of retention ...
... apparatus invented by himself , the heat in water or other objects at ordinary atmospheric temperature may be utilized to vaporize liquid ammonia under very considerable pressures , but within the control of known means of retention ...
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... apparatus intended to cheat nature's laws . Ignorance of the laws of nature is , no doubt , responsible for the majority of perpetual motion devotees , yet some men who are well educated become pursuers of the chimera . It is frequently ...
... apparatus intended to cheat nature's laws . Ignorance of the laws of nature is , no doubt , responsible for the majority of perpetual motion devotees , yet some men who are well educated become pursuers of the chimera . It is frequently ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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