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... electricity - electro - magnetism as it was com- monly called.1 Science had progressed a long way since the water - mill , and perpetual motionists moved with the times as regards their quest for the elixir of motion . Water had given ...
... electricity - electro - magnetism as it was com- monly called.1 Science had progressed a long way since the water - mill , and perpetual motionists moved with the times as regards their quest for the elixir of motion . Water had given ...
Page 88
... electricity and energises the electro - magnet C. In the manner of an electric buzzer , core G is then moved forward , discharging the coil and in so doing turning wheel A by a G crank . Speed is regulated by the adjustable contacts ...
... electricity and energises the electro - magnet C. In the manner of an electric buzzer , core G is then moved forward , discharging the coil and in so doing turning wheel A by a G crank . Speed is regulated by the adjustable contacts ...
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... electricity and electro - magnetism had on inventors during the last century . Static electricity became an object of fascination for all , and up and down the country and in the Mechanics Institutes which every worthwhile community ...
... electricity and electro - magnetism had on inventors during the last century . Static electricity became an object of fascination for all , and up and down the country and in the Mechanics Institutes which every worthwhile community ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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