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perpetual-motion machine
- A machine that could run forever. A perpetual-motion machine would have to produce at least as much energy as was needed for its operation. According to the second law of thermodynamics , such a machine is impossible, and to date none has ever been successfully demonstrated.
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I think Ill work on that, instead of my perpetual motion machine after the games.
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How did you become interested in this perpetual motion machine, Miss Laidlaw?
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The mutual motion in coition was one of the reasons for Gilbert's rejection of the perpetual motion machine of Peregrinus.
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This is what a perpetual-motion machine would be if such a machine were possible.
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On a Perpetual Motion Machine, mentioned by authors, by means of the attraction of a loadstone.
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