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... described the arc AM , but when the string struck the nail X , the part CX ceased to move and the ball described the new arc MK . He then inserted another nail below point X at point Y and tried the experiment again . This time the ball ...
... described the arc AM , but when the string struck the nail X , the part CX ceased to move and the ball described the new arc MK . He then inserted another nail below point X at point Y and tried the experiment again . This time the ball ...
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... described a waterwheel which sets in motion a chain pump by means of a system of toothed wheels , and the pump is ... described his closed - cycle mill 1625 Zimara described his self - blowing windmill 1648 Wilkins evaluated his ...
... described a waterwheel which sets in motion a chain pump by means of a system of toothed wheels , and the pump is ... described his closed - cycle mill 1625 Zimara described his self - blowing windmill 1648 Wilkins evaluated his ...
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... 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 . Until its destruction in 1943 as a result of an air ...
... 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 . Until its destruction in 1943 as a result of an air ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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