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Literary
August 22, 1789
The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
Andrew M'Kinly proposes a simple perpetual motion machine: two wheels connected by leather forming a hollow vessel, filled with fluid like quicksilver or sand, mounted on posts to create imbalance for rotation.
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[Continued from our last.]
ANOTHER very simple and easy plan for the perpetual motion.
Make two tight wheels of any diameters, to the center of each wheel fasten the end of an axis of any length equal to each other as in fig. 1st. Take a piece of leather whose breadth shall be one fifth, sixth or seventh part of the diameter of either wheel. and whose length shall be equal to either of the circumferences, to both which it must be fastened by nails as in fig. 2nd. This will form a hollow vessel whose heads shall be the two wheels, and whose side shall be the leather.
Erect four posts or pillars through which holes are to be bored so as to receive the axis of the wheels parallel to the horizon. The posts must also be so situated with respect to each other that when the axles are received therein. the hollow wheel fig. 2nd. shall on one hand have its sides contracted. and on the other hand horizontally have its side extended: that is to say, on the one hand the leather shall be folded by the near approach of the wheels fig. 1st. and on the other dilated by their departure from each other as in fig. 3.
Put into the angular cavity any fluid matter, as Quick silver. Oil. Water or Sand globules of Lead &c. till it is half full, or less according to the strength of the machine.
I am the Publick's
very humble servant
ANDREW M'KINLY.
A the Axis of the wheels.
P the posts.
Fig 2.
Fig. 3
[The end of the II Volume.]
ANOTHER very simple and easy plan for the perpetual motion.
Make two tight wheels of any diameters, to the center of each wheel fasten the end of an axis of any length equal to each other as in fig. 1st. Take a piece of leather whose breadth shall be one fifth, sixth or seventh part of the diameter of either wheel. and whose length shall be equal to either of the circumferences, to both which it must be fastened by nails as in fig. 2nd. This will form a hollow vessel whose heads shall be the two wheels, and whose side shall be the leather.
Erect four posts or pillars through which holes are to be bored so as to receive the axis of the wheels parallel to the horizon. The posts must also be so situated with respect to each other that when the axles are received therein. the hollow wheel fig. 2nd. shall on one hand have its sides contracted. and on the other hand horizontally have its side extended: that is to say, on the one hand the leather shall be folded by the near approach of the wheels fig. 1st. and on the other dilated by their departure from each other as in fig. 3.
Put into the angular cavity any fluid matter, as Quick silver. Oil. Water or Sand globules of Lead &c. till it is half full, or less according to the strength of the machine.
I am the Publick's
very humble servant
ANDREW M'KINLY.
A the Axis of the wheels.
P the posts.
Fig 2.
Fig. 3
[The end of the II Volume.]
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What keywords are associated?
Perpetual Motion
Wheels
Leather Vessel
Fluid Matter
Mechanical Device
What entities or persons were involved?
Andrew M'kinly
Literary Details
Title
Another Very Simple And Easy Plan For The Perpetual Motion.
Author
Andrew M'kinly
Subject
Plan For Perpetual Motion Machine
Key Lines
Make Two Tight Wheels Of Any Diameters, To The Center Of Each Wheel Fasten The End Of An Axis Of Any Length Equal To Each Other As In Fig. 1st.
This Will Form A Hollow Vessel Whose Heads Shall Be The Two Wheels, And Whose Side Shall Be The Leather.
Put Into The Angular Cavity Any Fluid Matter, As Quick Silver. Oil. Water Or Sand Globules Of Lead &C. Till It Is Half Full, Or Less According To The Strength Of The Machine.