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Seite 541 - Perpetual Motion. Perpetuum Mobile, or Search for Self-motive Power during the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries, illustrated from various authentic sources in papers, essays, letters, paragraphs, and numerous patent specifications, with an Introductory Essay by Henry Dircks, CE, with numerous engravings of machines, crown 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d. " A curious and interesting work. Mr. Dircks...
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