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PERPETUAL MOTION

Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume

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Description:Some went mad as a result of their obsessive pursuit; some died penniless and disheartened; some resorted to trickery and deception, bilking the public of millions of dollars; and others, even though they failed in their original objective, discovered many important engineering tenets along the way. The history of the search for an endless source of energy includes the stories of these and manyother people, whose elusive (and ultimately impossible) goal always hung somewhere just out of reach. This book began almost accidentally--as a by-product of the author's research into the history of automata and mechanical musical instruments, where intriguing references to perpetual motion kept cropping up in surprising numbers. Ord-Hume presents dozens of fascinating stories of the scientists, engineers, and mathematician who involved themselves in this scientific folly, examining their ingenious "tilting-at-windmills" attempts and the reasons they were destined to fail.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with PERPETUAL MOTION. To get started finding PERPETUAL MOTION, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Some went mad as a result of their obsessive pursuit; some died penniless and disheartened; some resorted to trickery and deception, bilking the public of millions of dollars; and others, even though they failed in their original objective, discovered many important engineering tenets along the way. The history of the search for an endless source of energy includes the stories of these and manyother people, whose elusive (and ultimately impossible) goal always hung somewhere just out of reach. This book began almost accidentally--as a by-product of the author's research into the history of automata and mechanical musical instruments, where intriguing references to perpetual motion kept cropping up in surprising numbers. Ord-Hume presents dozens of fascinating stories of the scientists, engineers, and mathematician who involved themselves in this scientific folly, examining their ingenious "tilting-at-windmills" attempts and the reasons they were destined to fail.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with PERPETUAL MOTION. To get started finding PERPETUAL MOTION, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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