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Re: toroidal perpetual motion machine



I don't really see a problem:

1) The net downward meniscus force on the tube will be balanced by an
adjustment in whatever force is supporting the weight of the tube (buoyancy
if it is floating; normal forces of rigidity if it rests on a floor).

2) The "toroidal shearing moment" will be resisted by stresses in the tube
wall material.

Bob


Bob Sciamanda (W3NLV)
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (em)
trebor@velocity.net
www.velocity.net/~trebor