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Bookmark on DeliciousPublished: April 26, 2011
Words: 1737 (approximate)
Language: English
Short description
A short excursion into historic sources regarding perpetual motion...with a surprising result.Extended description
Since the 12th century inventors and scientist have been describing machines that "moved forever" and "generated work without input".A Brief History of Perpetual Motion takes a look at these sources and examines the results of the efforts.
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perpetual motion, alf b meier, bhaskara achrya, leonardo de pisa, villard de honnecourt, peter of maricourt, john gamgee, rube goldberg, zeromotor, thomas tymmeAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Roberta Beach Jacobson
on April 27, 2011 :
Interesting. I find it curious how scientists (or nut cases) centuries apart concern themselves with the same questions. Your subject matter is worth pondering.
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