Article ID: CBB000041736

The show that never ends: Perpetual motion in the early 18th century (1995)

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Description On a machine designed by a Saxon engineer and clockmaker Johann Bessler (1680-1745), who went under the name of Orffyreus, and opinions of it by 'sGravesande and Desaguliers.


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Authors & Contributors
Pater, C. de
Ducheyne, Steffen
Nyden, Tammy
Jip van Besouw
Morris, Andrew M. A.
Luiz Carlos Soares
Concepts
Natural philosophy
Newtonianism
Freemasonry
Mechanics
Popularization
Teaching; pedagogy
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
19th century
Places
Great Britain
England
London (England)
Netherlands
France
Bath (England)
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Royal Botanical Society, London
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