Perpetuum Mobile: Or, A History of the Search for Self-motive Power, from the 13th to the 19th Century. With an Introductory Essay, Volume 1B. M. Israël, 1968 - 999 pagina's |
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INTRODUCTORY ESSAY 1 Early history and to the Sixteenth | xi |
Early opinions respecting the possibility of | 1 |
Llways | 23 |
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