Isn't that what I said?Tom Mattson said:
DaveC426913 said:
Nothing more. I can't even tell what is supposed to be happening from this diagram.Trilairian said:
Would it work (seek equilibrium, that is) if that were the end view of 3 bar magnets riding in horizontal slots?DaveC426913 said:
What you're describing could be made fairly easily. 3 bar magnets with all N ends and all S ends together. If the end magnets were fixed and the middle magnet could slide, the middle magnet would behave exactly like a spring if pulled to one side and released. It would eventually come to rest more or less equidistant from the end magnets.Danger said:
:uhh: :uhh:Lapin Dormant said:
That's possibly misleading. Technically correct, I guess, since time in our universe began with the same incident as everything else, but there was still a beginning and eventually there'll be some kind of end when entropy has fulfilled it's duties. (I think... )Aye, there's the rub. 'Perpetual' means 'without end'.Lapin Dormant said:
.. .. .. .. And if the end, and the beginning, are the same thing, then it is Peeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrpetual! We will all Need to wait just a Little bit to find that out .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Danger said:Aye, there's the rub. 'Perpetual' means 'without end'.
I haven't defined it, simply noted that they could be the same thing, so the 'perpetual' is beyond the scope of human thought.Danger said:
The only way I could ever think of would be to make a hollow sphere in parts. Magnetize it so the outside was all one pole, and the inside the other, then bond the parts together strongly.extreme_machinations said:
I might know what you're talking about. This is a hollow wheel with hollow spokes on a hollow cylindrical shaft. Inside is some volatile liquid, and a hanging, weighted port opening and closing mechanism. As the wheel turns, the liquid flows into a spoke, over balancing that side of the wheel putting torque on it. However, since it's volatile it vaporizes before it stops the wheel at BDC. The vapor is lead back into the cylindrical shaft where it condenses back into a liquid. It keeps running so long as the shaft temperature is kept below the vaporization point of the liquid, which can be done by just keeping it wet. It's not perpetual motion: just a low temperature differential heat engine. If we're talking about the same thing.
extreme_machinations said:
That's the operating principle behind http://www.mmmetals.com/pages/heat_pipe_heat_sinks/heat_pipe_heat_sink.htm" heat exchangers, btw.extreme_machinations said:
That's cool, russ. I wasnt aware of that system.russ_watters said:
I can't understand anyone looking for a magnetic monopole. Once you see how the dipole is created it seems completely obvious there's no monopole possible.sid_galt said:
zoobyshoe said:
Yes, but we see it says:pervect said:
When you understand the magnetic field around a current carrying conductor to be, sort of, pointing around in a circle at right angles to the current flow, it seems absurd to suppose that this force could be "halved" somehow, any more than you could "halve" anything that is going in circles. Just imagine half of this guy::rofl:
A perpetual motion machine is a hypothetical device that can continue to operate indefinitely without any external energy source. It would essentially create energy out of nothing, which goes against the laws of thermodynamics.
The first and second laws of thermodynamics state that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another. This means that a perpetual motion machine would violate these laws by creating energy out of nothing.
No, despite many attempts throughout history, no perpetual motion machine has ever been proven to work. Many have been debunked as hoaxes or have been found to rely on hidden energy sources.
The idea of a perpetual motion machine has intrigued scientists and inventors for centuries, and some believe that if it were possible, it could provide an endless source of energy. However, the laws of thermodynamics suggest that this is not feasible.
The concept of perpetual motion is closely tied to the laws of thermodynamics, which govern the behavior of energy in all systems. It also relates to the concept of conservation of energy, which states that energy cannot be created or destroyed. Additionally, the pursuit of a perpetual motion machine has led to advances in other areas of science and technology.