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
Ducheyne, Steffen
Pater, C. de
Baillon, Jean-François
Clercq, Peter de
Fawcett, Trevor
Gravesande, Willem Jakob 's
Journals
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
British Journal for the History of Science
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Circumscribere: International Journal for the History of Science
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
Ambo
Continuum International Publishing Group
de Gruyter
Concepts
Natural philosophy
Newtonianism
Popularization
Freemasonry
Biographies
Physics
People
Gravesande, Willem Jakob van's
Desaguliers, John Theophilus
Newton, Isaac
Musschenbroek, Jan van
Arbuthnot, John
Bélidor, Bernard Forest de
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
19th century
Places
Great Britain
Netherlands
London (England)
England
British Isles
Europe
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Royal Botanical Society, London
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