Patent examiners are busy people, and when this application arrived at the U.S. Patent Office in 1881 it seemed innocuous enough — the inventor, John Sutliff, had called it simply “motor.” So they issued the patent.
It is, in fact, a perpetual motion machine. When ball L rolls to the left, it depresses the bellows, which fills the submerged bulb, raising the lever and turning cogwheel F. This pivots the box, which sends the ball back to the right, drawing air into the bellows and submerging the bulb again, “and so on alternately.”
Thus the cogwheel turns forever, driving shaft H, which you can hook up to anything you like. A convenient source of endless free energy, and it’s been under our noses all this time.
From The Futility Closet:
From The Futility Closet:
When I was in school, I used to devote a lot of time thinking of ways to make perpetual motion. It was fun.
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The patent office no longer accepts applications for "perpetual motion machines" since they are a physical impossibility.
I too used to devote a lot of time thinking of ways to make perpetual motion. It was fun for me too. I don't like to brag but I succeeded. Unfortunately, I've misplaced the plans and the working model. It could still be running as far as I know.
I also invented a perpetual motion machine but I just can't seem to find the right fuel mixture.
I too have a perpetual motion machine. It involves three dorks on a wheel chasing a slice of pizza hanging from a string. "devoted lots of time thinking of perpetual motion......" Are you fucking kidding me?
Oh, oh no! The wasted existence of genius at work.
I'd remain anonymous too if I took the time to type that.
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