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Re: perpetual motion ahoy!



On Fri, 30 May 1997, William Beaty wrote:

I agree that "closed loop" is required. But unless the table is slightly
tilted, the ball cannot roll away to any great distance, especially if

As would be expected from conventional Physics.

More claims: if several magnet-ramps are connected in series, the steel
ball is claimed to traverse all of them without slowing. And now, the big

Mundane.

one: he says he has build a *circle* of many of these ramps, and the steel
ball continued to move for 3.5 days before the continuous vibration moved
one of the magnets and the ball stalled. Now THIS is interesting.

This would be significant if it can be put into true perpetual rotation,
especially without any nudge to get the thing going.
without

He's got GIFs on a website at
http://members.aol.com/overunity2/html/smot1.htm
and is giving aid and advice to any who want to replicate his device.

I had a look but didn't find the claim about the circular device. Let me
know if you build one (circular device that is).

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