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... balls will sink it under the surface until the ball immediately over it is one - fourth its bulk in water , when the under ball will escape round the corner at C , and begin to ascend . 000 " The machine is supposed [ in the figure ] to ...
... balls will sink it under the surface until the ball immediately over it is one - fourth its bulk in water , when the under ball will escape round the corner at C , and begin to ascend . 000 " The machine is supposed [ in the figure ] to ...
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... ball up to the top again . All the clocks so far described exist only in early works on horo- logy and there is no evidence to suggest that they were ever built . They owed their existence to the fertile minds of generally wise men ...
... ball up to the top again . All the clocks so far described exist only in early works on horo- logy and there is no evidence to suggest that they were ever built . They owed their existence to the fertile minds of generally wise men ...
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... balls into the upper bar balance spoon and placing the second ball in a trough provided at the start of the channel into the helical path . The ball ran along the groove to the bottom whereupon it fell on to a detent and came to rest in ...
... balls into the upper bar balance spoon and placing the second ball in a trough provided at the start of the channel into the helical path . The ball ran along the groove to the bottom whereupon it fell on to a detent and came to rest in ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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