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... centre on the other . However , the sum of the weights and their moments about the centre is always con- stant and no motion can result . B Fig . 21. A variation on the ball and wheel arrangement using hinged mallets . Fig . 22. Yet ...
... centre on the other . However , the sum of the weights and their moments about the centre is always con- stant and no motion can result . B Fig . 21. A variation on the ball and wheel arrangement using hinged mallets . Fig . 22. Yet ...
Page 65
... Centres : ' To provide and make that all the weights of the descending side of a wheel shall be perpetually further from the centre , than those of the mounting side , and yet equal in number and heft to the one side as the other . A ...
... Centres : ' To provide and make that all the weights of the descending side of a wheel shall be perpetually further from the centre , than those of the mounting side , and yet equal in number and heft to the one side as the other . A ...
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... centre , which when opened , the large one will be raised by the buoyancy of the ball ; because the moment the small valve in the centre is opened ( although only the size of a pin's head ) , No. 2 valve will have taken upon itself to ...
... centre , which when opened , the large one will be raised by the buoyancy of the ball ; because the moment the small valve in the centre is opened ( although only the size of a pin's head ) , No. 2 valve will have taken upon itself to ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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