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... probably objected against it ; but , upon trial and experience , I find it altogether insufficient for any such pur- pose , and that for these two reasons : 1. The water that ascends will not make any considerable stream in the fall . 2 ...
... probably objected against it ; but , upon trial and experience , I find it altogether insufficient for any such pur- pose , and that for these two reasons : 1. The water that ascends will not make any considerable stream in the fall . 2 ...
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... probably turn for long enough to convince a con- ditioned audience that they were in fact witnessing a self - turning wheel . It might also be mentioned that the flywheel itself was rare at this time : certainly its purpose in ...
... probably turn for long enough to convince a con- ditioned audience that they were in fact witnessing a self - turning wheel . It might also be mentioned that the flywheel itself was rare at this time : certainly its purpose in ...
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... probably quite rightly had the thing been all that he claimed , that to reveal details to all and sundry would be to invite theft , plagiar- ism and , consequently , loss to the United States as a whole , the amiable Giragossian could ...
... probably quite rightly had the thing been all that he claimed , that to reveal details to all and sundry would be to invite theft , plagiar- ism and , consequently , loss to the United States as a whole , the amiable Giragossian could ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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