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Leonardo da Vinci and Perpetual Motion

Allan A. Mills
Publisher: Journals Gateway
Leonardo (2008) 41 (1): 39–42.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/leon.2008.41.1.39
Published: 01 February 2008
Abstract
ABSTRACT Leonardo da Vinci illustrated several traditional forms of “perpetual-motion machine” in small pocket books now known as the Codex Forster . He was well aware that these designs, based on waterwheel/pump combinations, mechanical overbalancing hammers or rolling balls, would not—and could not—work.
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Commentaries

Adelheid Mers, Simone Osthoff, Philip Steadman, Allan A. Mills
Publisher: Journals Gateway
Leonardo (1999) 32 (2): 137–141.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/002409499553127
Published: 01 April 1999
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