"References to the drawings of the machine hereunto
annexed:--Fig. 1 is the section of the machine. A, A, B, a
cranked or double center, fixed to the stand or frame D by the
bolts E. C, C, the wheel which turns or revolves round that part
of the cranked center mark A. F, levers which turn or revolve
round the cranked center B. G, G, rollers or weights which
revolve in the circular guides or grooves by means of the leavers
F. H, H, circular grooves or guides which are affixed to the
inner sides of the wheel. N. B.--the distance from A to B is the
radius in all cases to determine the space between the center
of the guide or groove H and the center of the roller or weight
G. The distance of the two concentric circles which form the
guides or grooves H must be equal to the diameter of the roller
or weight G. I, I, springs which stop the rollers or weights G
from returning when at the horizontal diameter of the wheel. K,
weights, which may be increased or diminished at pleasure. L,
ledges which connect the sides of the wheel together. N. B.--By
fixing cogs or teeth on the rim of the wheel, so as to connect it
with any mill, machine, or engine to which motion can be given by
a wheel, the power of this machine may be communicated."
Explanation of the Failure of the Preceding Wheels and Weights Devices
It must not be presumed that the preceding devices shown in this
chapter constitute any considerable part of the Wheels and Weights
Devices that have been constructed through the hope of attaining
Perpetual Motion. Of all the means whereby Perpetual Motion has been
sought wheels and weights have been by far the most prolific. There is
scarcely a village or a rural community in the civilized world that
cannot point out its Perpetual Motion worker, and he generally starts
with wheels and weights, though often, after long labor and final
failure with wheels and weights, he still exploits other attractive
fields of hopeless endeavor. Of the devices of that kind, accounts of
which have appeared in scientific journals, or application for patents
upon which have been made, and, indeed, patents often granted, it would
be possible to write a book of thousands of pages, but to do so would
be to no purpose.
It is believed by the author that the preceding devices are sufficient
to illustrate, and show the controlling features of all the various
mechanical contrivances for the utilization of wheels and weights as
a means of Self-Motive Power. Countless others could be shown of more
or less complicated mechanism, but an examination would disclose the
fact that each gets back to some combination of parts well illustrated
in the preceding. Also, in endeavoring to express why all wheels and
weights devices have failed to work, each essential point of weakness
is disclosed in the preceding. Now, why have they failed to work, and
wherein are they inherently wrong and unscientific?
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