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... levers jamming against each other and so locking the whole machine . What is wanted is what today we would call a ... lever and used for forcing the draught of a furnace . This he describes as ' a giant edition of the familiar domestic ...
... levers jamming against each other and so locking the whole machine . What is wanted is what today we would call a ... lever and used for forcing the draught of a furnace . This he describes as ' a giant edition of the familiar domestic ...
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... levers at the hub , motion being transmitted through levers and cranks . Friction and the equal moment of all weights about the centre re- gardless of position united to defeat the intended perpe- tuum mobile . E Fig . 89. A hydrostatic ...
... levers at the hub , motion being transmitted through levers and cranks . Friction and the equal moment of all weights about the centre re- gardless of position united to defeat the intended perpe- tuum mobile . E Fig . 89. A hydrostatic ...
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... levers to a pump and to a saw . The water would be immediately pumped back to the upper vat and soon start down once more to perform its useful task . The saw , mean- while , would operate merrily . Theoretically , thought its designer ...
... levers to a pump and to a saw . The water would be immediately pumped back to the upper vat and soon start down once more to perform its useful task . The saw , mean- while , would operate merrily . Theoretically , thought its designer ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
Copyright | |
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