Demonstrations

Perpetual Motion Machines

Code Number :	13A10.10?
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Condition :	Excellent
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Area of Study :	Perpetual Motion
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References

H. Richard Crane, "Three Intuition Teasers", TPT, Vol. 29, # 3, March 1991, p. 593.

Donna A. Berry, "A "Perpetual Motion" Toy?" TPT, Vol. 20, # 5, p. 319, May 1982.

Maurice Bruce Stewart, "The Marquess of Worcester's Perpetual Motion Machine", TPT, Vol. 19, # 1, Jan. 1981, p. 37.

Albert A. Bartlett, Joseph Dreitlein, "A Possible Solution to the Energy Crisis - Part I - The Archimedes Wheel," TPT, Vol. 13, # 2, p. 108, Feb. 1975.

Albert A. Bartlett, Joseph Dreitlein, "A Possible Solution to the Energy Crisis - Part II - The Capillary Pump," TPT, Vol. 13, # 3, p. 175, March 1975.

Problems, "A Perpetual Motion Device - A Solution," TPT, Vol. 5, # 2, p. 88, Feb. 1967.

Herbert H. Gottlieb, Little Stinkers, "A Perpetual Motion Device," TPT, Vol. 4, # 1, p. 46, Jan. 1966.

Little Stinkers, "Perpetual Motion Machine," TPT, Vol. 3, # 5, p. 233, May 1965.

Little Stinkers, "Another Perpetual Motion Device," TPT, Vol. 3, # 4, p. 186, April 1965.

Little Stinkers, "Perpetual Motion Machines," TPT, Vol. 3, # 3, p. 138, March 1965.

Little Stinkers, "Violation of the First Law of Thermodynamics," TPT, Vol. 2, # 8, p. 383, Nov. 1964.

George H. Brigman, "The Martini Perpetual Motion Machine: A Semiprogrammed Problem", AJP, Vol. 40, # 7, July 1972, p. 1001.

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