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Re: toroidal perpetual motion machine



What's the problem here? I sure don't see one. Has viscosity been
suspended as a mechanism for dissipative work? I can see the tube
oscillating if the system is underdamped, but surely the very
small amplitude oscillations will die out due to viscous force.
If viscous force is zero then I expect that, ideally, the system
will oscillate freely forever.

Leigh