Mechanical applicances, mechanical movements and novelties of construction; a complete work and a continuation, as a second volume, of the author's book entitled "Mechanical mvements, powers and devices"; (1917)
Hiscox, Gardner Dexter, 1822?-1908 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing company · leaf 380
m thetop. A pipe conveys the mer-cury from the reservoir on tothe float-board, E, fixed atright angles to the center ofthe screw, and furnished atits circumference with ridges tointercept the mercury, the mo-mentum and weight of whichwill cause the float-board and screw to revolve, until, by the… … 376 PERPETUAL MOTION. 939. PERPETUAL MOTION. Often repeated type. A prin-ciple so often employed for the production of self-moving machines that it ranks next to that of perpetualeccentric weights in its delusivepower upon the minds of inventors.The attempt to compel a waterwheel to raise the water…
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