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Scientific American, Vol. 24, No. 6 (February 1871) (1871)

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be inferred that perpetual motion .is a ted problem of the perpetual motion. thing absolutely impossible, when only such bodies are em- from day to day precisely to the extent required without In short, a perpetual motion would be, for example, a watch causing any unnecessary pressure upon the… … awkward position on the hands and knees, in scrubbing by ployed as are not acted on by motive power, or any heavy body; for, as these passive forces, which cannot be avoided, are con- stantly resisting, it is evident that the movement must con- tinally abate; and, from what has been said, it will…

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