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... rotate , and that the bellows themselves , operated by the rotating wheel , will blow perpetually . This , perchance , is not ... rotation of the wheel into which the planes and balls were built . Later , solid weights were replaced by ...
... rotate , and that the bellows themselves , operated by the rotating wheel , will blow perpetually . This , perchance , is not ... rotation of the wheel into which the planes and balls were built . Later , solid weights were replaced by ...
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... rotation of a drive through 90 ° was solved by the invention of the wallower driven either by a contrate wheel ( a ... rotating shaft as in a ship's capstan . water - power seems particularly prone to implant this idea 48 Perpetual Motion.
... rotation of a drive through 90 ° was solved by the invention of the wallower driven either by a contrate wheel ( a ... rotating shaft as in a ship's capstan . water - power seems particularly prone to implant this idea 48 Perpetual Motion.
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... rotating between two magnets of opposite polarity were proposed by an inventor called Stephan in 1799. Soft iron cores ... rotation by bringing such a substance into play at the right moment in the cycle . Various claims to such a ...
... rotating between two magnets of opposite polarity were proposed by an inventor called Stephan in 1799. Soft iron cores ... rotation by bringing such a substance into play at the right moment in the cycle . Various claims to such a ...
Contents
Introduction | 15 |
What is Perpetual Motion? | 19 |
Elementary Physics and Perpetual Motion | 27 |
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