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... pump water up the trunk ( D ) to help turn the drive wheel . Another means for making a mill raise the water for its ... pump water . Böckler's perpetual motion wheel- pump is depicted here in Fig . 10 . The self - moving wheel received ...
... pump water up the trunk ( D ) to help turn the drive wheel . Another means for making a mill raise the water for its ... pump water . Böckler's perpetual motion wheel- pump is depicted here in Fig . 10 . The self - moving wheel received ...
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... pump by means of a system of toothed wheels , and the pump is supposed to raise the water necessary to keep the wheel going ( Fig . 7 ) . From this it becomes possible to date the resurgence of per- petual motion in the Middle Ages and ...
... pump by means of a system of toothed wheels , and the pump is supposed to raise the water necessary to keep the wheel going ( Fig . 7 ) . From this it becomes possible to date the resurgence of per- petual motion in the Middle Ages and ...
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... pumped back to the bar D by pumps H. The pumps are driven from the wheel B through the spur gearing shown , the vertical spindle M having a cam groove into which blocks on each pump rod engage . The cycle is driven by a belt powered by ...
... pumped back to the bar D by pumps H. The pumps are driven from the wheel B through the spur gearing shown , the vertical spindle M having a cam groove into which blocks on each pump rod engage . The cycle is driven by a belt powered by ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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