Perpetual Motion
Percy Verance and Henry Dircks
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. INTRODUCTORY ESSAY4. CHAPTER I DEVICES BY MEANS OF WHEELS AND WEIGHTS5. CHAPTER II DEVICES BY MEANS OF ROLLING WEIGHTS AND INCLINED PLANES6. CHAPTER III HYDRAULIC AND HYDRO-MECHANICAL DEVICES7. CHAPTER IV PNEUMATIC, SIPHON AND HYDRO-PNEUMATIC DEVICES8. CHAPTER V MAGNETIC DEVICES9. CHAPTER VI DEVICES UTILIZING CAPILLARY ATTRACTION AND PHYSICAL AFFINITY10. CHAPTER VII Liquid Air as a Means of Perpetual Motion11. CHAPTER VIII Radium and Radio-Active Substances Considered as a Conceived Source of Perpetual Motion12. CHAPTER IX Perpetual Motion Devices Attempting Its Attainment by a Misconception of the Relation of Momentum and Energy13. CHAPTER X The Alleged Inventions of Edward Sommerset, Sixth Earl and Second Marquis of Worcester, and of Jean Ernest Eli-Bessler (Councillor) Orffyreus14. CHAPTER XI Conservation of Energy—A Discussion of the Relation of the Doctrine of Conservation of Energy, and the Possibility of Perpetual Motion15. CHAPTER XII Will Perpetual Motion Ever Be Accomplished?16. CHAPTER XII Will Perpetual Motion Ever Be Accomplished? (continued 2)17. SUMMARIZED TABLE OF CONTENTS18. INDEX