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... operation you care to name , from pushing a lawnmower to driving an ocean liner , to hammering in a nail or flying at twice the speed of sound , the total amount of energy being supplied ( the left - hand column of our balance - sheet ) ...
... operation you care to name , from pushing a lawnmower to driving an ocean liner , to hammering in a nail or flying at twice the speed of sound , the total amount of energy being supplied ( the left - hand column of our balance - sheet ) ...
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... operation is repeated incessantly every two minutes until the radium is exhausted , which , in this instance , it is computed will occupy thirty thousand years . ' A similar piece of equipment was exhibited at lectures given later in ...
... operation is repeated incessantly every two minutes until the radium is exhausted , which , in this instance , it is computed will occupy thirty thousand years . ' A similar piece of equipment was exhibited at lectures given later in ...
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... operation of the crank - lever used in an earlier silent night - clock . This escapement comprises a bar balance pivoted centrally and arranged at the top of the plates of the clock- work . Each arm of this balance is half the distance ...
... operation of the crank - lever used in an earlier silent night - clock . This escapement comprises a bar balance pivoted centrally and arranged at the top of the plates of the clock- work . Each arm of this balance is half the distance ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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