September 21, 2009 at 18:01Perpetual motion machine
The eternal engine is a mechanism that can generate energy forever, without the help of others. Many talented people wanted to come up with this mechanism, but it didn’t work out and in 1887 Max Planck put an end to his Principle of Conservation of Energy, although they also talked about it before.
Anyway, I want to talk about three inventors (there could have been more) who tried to create a perpetual motion machine.
The first is the Indian Bhaskara. The idea was this: the mechanism (wheel) should consist of tubes containing heavy liquid (mercury), fixed at a certain angle and radius. He thought that when overflowing in tubes, it should create an asymmetry in the distribution of goods, which provided perpetual rotation.
The second was no less talented. Frenchman Villard d'Onnecourt, his wheel was similar to the previous one, but he relied on the odd number of goods on the wheel, but also was a failure.
And the last one is Leonardo da Vinci himself! Its mechanism consisted of reclining loads.
At that time, people did not know about the "law of conservation of energy" and did not understand why their engines did not work.
Anyway, I want to talk about three inventors (there could have been more) who tried to create a perpetual motion machine.
The first is the Indian Bhaskara. The idea was this: the mechanism (wheel) should consist of tubes containing heavy liquid (mercury), fixed at a certain angle and radius. He thought that when overflowing in tubes, it should create an asymmetry in the distribution of goods, which provided perpetual rotation.
The second was no less talented. Frenchman Villard d'Onnecourt, his wheel was similar to the previous one, but he relied on the odd number of goods on the wheel, but also was a failure.
And the last one is Leonardo da Vinci himself! Its mechanism consisted of reclining loads.
At that time, people did not know about the "law of conservation of energy" and did not understand why their engines did not work.