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... engine in Newark , New Jersey . A number of people , includ- ing those who should have been educated sufficiently to know better , were inveigled into putting money ' into its development ' . Dr Henry Morton went along to view this ...
... engine in Newark , New Jersey . A number of people , includ- ing those who should have been educated sufficiently to know better , were inveigled into putting money ' into its development ' . Dr Henry Morton went along to view this ...
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... engine of mine that I have invented . This engine I have reasonably developed to a practical stage . There is no fuel required ... ( please do not , upon reading the latter , allow unworthy discreditable thoughts to arise in your mind ...
... engine of mine that I have invented . This engine I have reasonably developed to a practical stage . There is no fuel required ... ( please do not , upon reading the latter , allow unworthy discreditable thoughts to arise in your mind ...
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The History of an Obsession Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume. ( my engine will increase the power of the two latter by about 40 times ) ' . Wondering how on earth an aircraft powered by an engine which increased the power of gravity 40 times ...
The History of an Obsession Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume. ( my engine will increase the power of the two latter by about 40 times ) ' . Wondering how on earth an aircraft powered by an engine which increased the power of gravity 40 times ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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