| 单词 | perpetual motion |
| 例句 | He built a wind-powered mechanism that generated noise to scare birds from the family fields and set out to create a perpetual motion machine. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z You can’t have a perpetual motion device because no matter how efficient, it will always lose energy and eventually run down. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z A general merry-monk roundness bespeaks an eternal struggle between perpetual motion and insatiable appetites. José Andrés thinks food can fix the world, starting in Haiti It just becomes a kind of perpetual motion machine. At Art Basel Miami, a Mix of Parties and Business 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The most invigorating ingredient in this movie is its ardent, joyful commitment to bodies in perpetual motion. ‘In the Heights,’ Where the Streets Explode With Dance 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Instead, it is shed to reveal our androgynous spirit of the island, Ariel, embodied by Silvia Calderoni as a force of feral fierceness and perpetual motion. Motus’s ‘Nella Tempesta’ Evokes Shakespeare’s Stormy Play 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z He skulks about—“How dull it is to pause”—trying to convince everyone around him that perpetual motion is an antidote to the hard work of being alive. Springsteen’s Most Anxious Album 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z And these lifts are reiterated; they trace slow, sighing, rainbow-like arcs, to and fro, there and back, so that the ballet ends in an image of perpetual motion. Dance Review: Frederick Ashton Celebrated by the Sarasota Ballet 2014-05-05T21:49:58Z This is Danaë's golden shower in perpetual motion: an allegory of power and monstrous greed. 55th Venice Biennale – review 2013-06-01T23:05:00Z Now that Weinstein no longer has the clout to hang up on directors who mention her name, Sorvino in perpetual motion. How Harvey Weinstein's accusers are fighting their way back to the top 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z It is intelligence, agility, rhythm — the body’s ability to engage in a ritual, one of perpetual motion. Review: Finding a Collective Groove in Church and in House Dance 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z But at rehearsals in late January, seemingly in perpetual motion, wearing several hats at once, he was clearly holding everything together. Seth Rudetsky, Broadway’s Go-To Guy, Flirts With ‘Disaster!’ 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z It suggested a perpetual motion of people circulating but rarely alighting. Perspective | Born in the age of high hopes, the Newseum dies in the days of fake news 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z As a dramaturgical device, it’s more prosaic than piquant, yet not entirely off brand for a woman whose mind was a perpetual motion machine. ‘Emilie’ Review: Defending, and Defining, a Life 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Martin Skegg Junior doctors have long been compelled to behave like human perpetual motion machines, even at the risk of their health and that of their patients. TV highlights 25/03/2013 2013-03-25T07:00:19Z Onstage, he is in perpetual motion: He flails limbs, seesaws shoulders, writhes on his back. Gay Rapper Le1f is Embraced by his World and the Mainstream 2014-05-02T22:56:37Z It's almost as if perpetual motion is the only thing that's keeping her going. The battle for a free Belarus 2011-04-03T23:05:00Z At the Bowl, “Jive Talkin’ ” and “Night Fever” sounded as lithe and as effervescent as ever with Gibb’s aerated falsetto skipping over grooves that still suggest a kind of perpetual motion. Barry Gibb: A broken heart mended at the Hollywood Bowl 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Sam Shepherd, the English musician who records as Floating Points, contrasts electronic perpetual motion and organic, breath-length horn phrases in the eight-minute, constantly evolving “Someone Close.” Bruce Springsteen’s Exuberant Soul Cover, and 10 More New Songs 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z He will spend the next 50 minutes in perpetual motion, demonstrating why the people at the Sony imprint RCA keep describing his band Bring Me The Horizon as their "new Metallica". Bring Me The Horizon: 'We'll never sell out arenas' 2013-04-04T16:46:35Z On his 18th birthday, for instance, Fracassus is introduced to Twitter, “the media equivalent of perpetual motion.” A sneak peek at ‘P---y,’ the soon-to-be published novel about Donald Trump 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z But there’s no need to parse this music; it’s in perpetual motion. The Playlist: Black Eyed Peas Get Serious About Injustice, and 12 More New Songs 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Sometimes you need to invent new words, and they come harder than brain teas or perpetual motion machines. Kids in care and The Invention of Dr Nakamats 2010-10-06T07:00:00Z Mr. Huang applies his expertise at perpetual motion, but though he keeps up a slapstick pace, easing slightly for touches of sweet whimsy, the piece is low on wit. Dance Review: Cloud Gate 2 at the Joyce Theater 2012-02-11T01:06:45Z The Scherzo comes as a complete contrast: biting and frenetic music, in breathless perpetual motion, with an intensely difficult violin part that tussles with a rattling, boisterous orchestra, especially some ornery woodwinds. Review: A Surprise Conductor Makes a Superb Debut 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z He’s also the one in perpetual motion, while Owen will let you know when he’s tired. | Let’s Get Lost 2014-03-07T23:00:48Z Despite its perpetual motion, this program was bound by too much empty space. Dance Review: Helen Simoneau Danse at Joyce SoHo 2012-05-22T22:08:36Z Ms. Lima’s case — “needing perpetual motion,” he said — was extreme; most of his exercise prescriptions are an hour a day, sometimes two. Getting Models Into Fighting Shape 2013-02-06T19:57:04Z Calder, dressed almost invariably like a lumberjack, seems to have been in perpetual motion in his barn studio in Connecticut, picking up one idea and then another. Art Review: Calder and Tanguy, Together Again at L&M Arts 2010-05-13T21:39:00Z The MC's eyes stare down the crowd as if they're prey, and his arms remain in perpetual motion, reacting to minimalist beats and trunk-rattling bass. Pitchfork Day 1 wrap-up: Feist, Japandroids, Big K.R.I.T., rain 2012-07-14T05:09:00Z Trump has turned politics into what Guy Debord once called a “perpetual motion machine” built on fear, anxiety, the war on terror, and a full-fledged attack on women, the welfare state, and poor minorities. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 1 of 2 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z For an artist in perpetual motion, that doesn’t sound like a stretch at all. There’s no stopping Twyla Tharp, even as she approaches 80 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z In her restless perpetual motion, Ms. Salamon, a Hungarian-born choreographer based in Paris and Berlin, imbued that philosophy with an eerie sense of truth. Dance Review: Eszter Salamon Dances at MoMA 2014-01-22T18:56:55Z And on and on it goes, the liberal perpetual motion machine. Detroit: The Most Exciting City in America? 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Here, a silver model of this mega-sculpture, or "perpetual motion machine" as Rhoades put it, suggests the vast breadth of his vision. This week's new exhibitions 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z A constantly shifting tableau of pop, jazz funk and R&B filtered through indie sensibilities: it sounds unpromising, but this offshoot of soft-rock collective Gayngs master music as perpetual motion. The best albums of 2012 (so far) 2012-06-14T19:00:06Z In this world of half-sleep, even the cogs of a perpetual motion machine are laden with dust. My streaming gem: why you should watch Institute Benjamenta 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z The music’s central impulse is a forceful, bustling modernism, with angular and pointillistic gestures undergirded by kinetic, perpetual motion. A Composer Puts Her Life in Music, Beyond Labels 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z It is strange, after 20 years of perpetual motion, to find myself, along with everyone else, suddenly stilled. Past Into Present: 4 Journeys That Changed Us 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z What started as a marvel of breakneck perpetual motion kept accelerating. At Globalfest, Rowdy Sounds From Around the World 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z The video for Caffeine, by Diaz and filmmaker Patricia Luna, shows the same figures in a perpetual motion machine of urban life. Brandt Brauer Frick say you can get (slightly) jiggy with it 2011-08-04T21:30:03Z The object of the dance is to maintain a swinging perpetual motion in which the music is paradoxically off center and tightly disciplined. Music Review: Making Standards Swing, With a Wink for Jack Benny 2011-04-22T22:56:03Z Whether bouncing around the stage or evolving as an artist, Hynes is in perpetual motion. Blood Orange blends guitar, poetry and the cello to explore his black identity 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Some of these are real green ink stuff, with perpetual motion and squaring the circle bound into the seemingly intractable problem of finding longitude. Navigating 18th-century science: Board of Longitude archive digitised 2013-07-18T06:47:24Z The main stage boasted 88 subwoofers, producing a throbbing, deep-bass rumble that kept the tightly packed crowd in the lower bowl in perpetual motion, with hands in the air and feet barely on the ground. Paradiso Festival of electronic dance music a throbbing success 2012-06-24T21:32:04Z And he will most likely remain a perpetual motion machine into his twilight years. Review: John Leguizamo Turns Nutty Professor in ‘Latin History for Morons’ 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z And the gymnastic corps de ballet, choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, gives further, infectious life to that feeling of perpetual motion, of a speeding, unceasing course of human events. Review: ‘Hamilton,’ Young Rebels Changing History and Theater 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z In a room together, physically or virtually, they operate like a kind of perpetual motion machine, volleying inchoate thoughts and hypotheses with no apparent loss of momentum. ‘Don’t Break It!’ The New Hosts of ‘Radiolab’ Remodel a Landmark 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Schubert’s song “Gretchen am Spinnrade” famously imitates a spinning wheel in the piano: the left hand repeating the rhythm of a pedal, and the right whirling a phrase in perpetual motion. Review: The Danish String Quartet Spins Through Schubert 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z He was a man in perpetual motion, and Harris chases him with patience, clarity and care. ‘Mike Nichols’ Captures a Star-Studded Life That Shuttled Between Broadway and Hollywood 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z He also wondered whether the hype machine had finally cracked the formula for perpetual motion: Fame begets fawning praise; fawning praise generates big Web traffic; big Web traffic perpetuates fame; rinse and repeat forever-ever. Do you want poptimism? Or do you want the truth? 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Neumeier uses perpetual motion — the continuous merging and diverging of couples — to suggest the evolution of relationships over time. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Barocci uses a version of Leonardo's famous sfumato blurs, but not as a theatrical vanishing act so much as a conscious depiction of life's perpetual motion. Barocci: Brilliance and Grace – review 2013-03-03T00:05:53Z Valery Gergiev, the conductor known for his perpetual motion, is “suffering from exhaustion” in St. Petersburg, Russia, and will not be conducting Wednesday evening’s performance of “Boris Godunov,” the Metropolitan Opera said. ArtsBeat: 'Exhaustion' Sidelines Gergiev From Wednesday Night Performance at Met 2011-03-09T18:48:58Z This is the dance of life on a warm day in Montmartre in which even the sun's in perpetual motion, dappling the scene as the artist's brush dapples the canvas. The 10 best paintings for winter cheer 2013-01-12T19:05:00Z The Cocoon also shows us that what we see as a static array of specimens is actually a stroboscopic image of knowledge in perpetual motion. Darwin Center at the Natural History of Museum: London Museum Boldly Spreads Its Wings 2010-04-07T22:49:00Z “Drag Race” is its own feedback loop, its own perpetual motion machine. ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Highlights the Struggle for Acceptance 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z When you look at that system you never stop - it's a perpetual motion machine. Conan O'Brien brings Team Coco to the UK 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z It is hard to imagine any other actor imbuing the character with the same seductive effervescence — or giving a feeling of perpetual motion to a 90-minute monologue without even standing up. Theater Review: ‘I’ll Eat You Last,’ Starring Bette Midler 2013-04-25T02:00:01Z The thought within the dance stays in perpetual motion. Royal Danish Ballet Performs Works by August Bournonville 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z In the spinaron effect, the cobalt atom remains in perpetual motion, maintaining its magnetic essence despite its interaction with the electrons. New quantum effect demonstrated for the first time: Spinaron, a rugby in a ball pit 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Her live videos record her as a perpetual motion machine, a dynamo, a volcano constantly erupting. Tina Turner: Tributes paid to late Queen of Rock 'n' Roll 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z But the flip side of this perpetual motion machine—deep ocean waters defying gravity and rising upward—has long been a mystery. “It's just mind boggling.” More than 19,000 undersea volcanoes discovered 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z “It was like the perpetual motion machine of not being able to get anywhere. You cannot get a hold of a human,” he told me. Perspective | Facebook’s new $12 fee is straight out of Don Corleone’s playbook 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z In an attempt to feel more in control and less emotional pain, they worry persistently — like a perpetual motion machine of the mind. Advice | Don’t try to worry less. Worry smarter. 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Sunak, 42, has the slightly curved posture of a man in perpetual motion. Perspective | Class and race and the new British prime minister 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z “It’s not something that’s constructed. It’s just a thing. It’s like perpetual motion.” Matty Healy and the 1975 are looking for somebody to love 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z “This means they are perpetual motion machines, and therefore impossible,” remarked Autti. Physicists Link Two Time Crystals in Seemingly Impossible Experiment 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z He was a blur of perpetual motion up the flank and did not relent as some of his team-mates chose to preserve energy after the break. Scotland too strong for Armenia in Nations League 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z These are two people who weren’t simply infatuated – they were well matched – Johnny, the fiery but jovial scientist with a mind in perpetual motion, and the equally fiery quick-witted, fun-loving Klari. Lost Women of Science Podcast, Season 2: Episode One - The Grasshopper 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z For someone in a state of perpetual motion, home takes on a more metaphysical quality, of which food is one touchstone. For Many Members of the Arab American Diaspora, Mansaf Offers a Taste of Home 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z But she knew her daughter thrived on perpetual motion. The world is about to meet sprinter Gabby Thomas. She’s ready to change it. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z “It’s like a weird perpetual motion machine right now with pricing,” said Jeff Goldberg, general manager of Goldie’s Motors, a used vehicle dealership in Phoenix. New or used? Either way, price hikes squeeze US auto buyers 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z I’ve followed Camfed for more than a dozen years, and one reason I chose it as my grand prize winner is that it’s close to a perpetual motion machine. Opinion | Choose a Gift That Changes Lives 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z But for someone who's in perpetual motion, who once professed "I'm either moving around, or I'm asleep", quarantine was heavy going. Kylie Minogue on Glastonbury, lockdown and her favourite Kylie era 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z The story soon resembled a perpetual motion machine as college-educated reporters undertook expeditions into heartland diners in search of those who fit the preconceived narrative — a practice that continues to this day. Review: How Dolly Parton became an unsung icon of the feminist working class 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z It’s composed of semi-sheer fabric panels, embellished with sequin patterns — inspired by constellations — that are kept in perpetual motion by breezes. Outdoor sculpture show harnesses the power of the sun, literally and figuratively 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z In thermodynamics class, I learned that a perpetual motion machine is impossible to create due to entropy. Killing democracy in America: The military-industrial complex as a cytokine storm 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z “I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion,” he says. That rust on your shower head? It's a $6-billion problem for the Navy, cruise ships and more 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Every scientific discipline has its catnip for cranks: physics has perpetual motion, medicine has homeopathy and mathematics has squaring the circle. Daily briefing: Why squaring the circle is catnip for cranks 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z All the while, people were handing him their cellphones and leaning in for selfies, which Biden framed and snapped before returning each phone in an almost perpetual motion. Opinion | Democrats seem set on destroying Biden’s chances to beat Trump 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z There is no such thing as a free lunch, a unicorn, a perpetual motion machine or a zero-emissions car. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z This was infinity’s house, house of perpetual motion— “High Force” 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z With all the chaos and perpetual motion, it would be easy to simply dismiss the whole thing as one big mess. Worst of Donald Trump in 2018: In a year of new lows, these were the lowest 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Featured will be digital reconstructions and 3D printouts of ‘perpetual motion’ machines designed by Leonardo. Hot tickets for scientists in 2019: Nature’s pick of the cultural calendar 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z His parents worry that the “perpetual motion” of the last several weeks means he is yet to process what happened. First Las Vegas, Then Thousand Oaks. Now He Must Survive in Afghanistan. 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z He owns houses here and there but stays in perpetual motion, usually chasing waves, definitely not suffering through flat spells at his local break. Kelly Slater’s Shock Wave 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Bush a U.S. president who was a perpetual motion machine and a frequent flyer to far-flung places who took all kinds of questions, loved sports and said some of the darndest things. Reporter's notebook: A president perpetually in motion 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z The endless lying is about more than diversion or a perpetual motion machine of absurdist theater. Donald Trump’s fascist politics and the language of disappearance 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z And from the track, streaked with jagged shadows by an unseasonably potent sun, there came the low rumble of wheels in perpetual motion. A Swiss Powerhouse Races Into an Uncertain Future 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The World Cup winner was perpetual motion, the first player to wear white boots, a great character, and coined the phrase: “Once Everton has touched you, nothing will be the same.” Premier League fans rate the season so far. Part one: Arsenal to Huddersfield 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Like the familiar, undulating chords of his compositions, Philip Glass is in a state of perpetual motion. 40 years after composing 'Satyagraha,' Philip Glass is still inspired by Gandhi's march for justice - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z But the man once named People Magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful” people is in perpetual motion. Animal celeb Jack Hanna celebrates 40 years at Columbus Zoo 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z It’s a racial ideology that’s seemingly in perpetual motion in this country, which has been present since at least federation and arguably further back, with the arrival of “enlightened” Europeans roughly 250 years ago. Australia is deplorably racist, as people of colour are reminded when they speak up | Jack Latimore 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z They see the Kim summit as a political play, designed for a domestic political base that likes to see a president in perpetual motion and is unlikely to focus on the details of denuclearization. North Korea summit is a signature moment for Trump and his challenge to the foreign policy establishment 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z If nothing else, the flat-Earth community has tapped into a form of mental perpetual motion: if you think it, it must be true. Looking for Life on a Flat Earth 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z It showed the newly created middle class: people who were making things being able to buy those things, a sort of perpetual motion machine for capitalism. Stan Douglas's best photograph: flirts move in at the Vancouver races 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z His combination of athleticism and artistry, spiked by the kind of perpetual motion that allows a routine to soar, were unmatched. A look at figure skating winners and how they earned medals 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Ma here is pretty much buzzing, boogieing, pirouetting in perpetual motion, his feet maybe finally on firm ground. Esa-Pekka Salonen's Cello Concerto soars on Cloud Nine 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z “It’s been catastrophic for the last three years,” said Mr. Brochot, a quicksilver whirl of perpetual motion once he is in his chef’s whites. Chef Gives Up a Star, Reflecting Hardship of ‘the Other France’ 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z The second home is a whirl of sailing plastic cups, bouncing rubber balls and kids jumping on furniture, with six children, two of them foster placements, in perpetual motion. Opioid crisis strains foster system as kids pried from homes 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z In contrast, basketball is a perpetual motion machine in which players face muscular opposition, yet don’t conquer with brute force but rather with graceful maneuvers and intense teamwork. The NBA has surpassed the NFL as the league of America’s future | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z It is like promising perpetual motion and about as realistic. Opinion | Republicans, Trapped by Their Flimflam 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Mid-song and a bundle of perpetual motion, Jones noticed the commotion down front and beamed as she said, without missing a beat, “Mr. Hefner, welcome to my house.” Hugh Hefner left a problematic legacy, but his Playboy Jazz Festival endures 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z His McEnroe is in a state of perpetual motion, unable to modulate his behavior, and seemingly terrified at what might happen if he ever dares slow down to reflect. The Verge’s TIFF Awards, from Best Premise and Best Performance to Best Evil Vampiric Pottery 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z His perpetual motion machines provided fellow scientists with abundant false clues to divert them from a concealed driving mechanism. David E.H. Jones, Scientist Whose Alter Ego Challenged Conventions, Dies at 79 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z He is likely to remain in perpetual motion. In the early weeks of the new administration, the humbling of a president 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z He moves as if he were drawing energy from the sun, driving his snare, tom-toms, kick drum, cymbals and high-hat with perpetual motion. Percussionist Jaki Liebezeit of Can, whose 'krautrock' rhythms influenced generations of art-rockers and beat producers, has died 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Her relatives in Belize remember her from those days as “little Simone,” a tiny girl in perpetual motion, a “spring chicken” and “a firecracker.” Simone Biles Soars, Lifting Another Country With Her 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The sketch wonderfully encapsulates the idea of taste as a kind of perpetual motion machine. The secret of taste: why we like what we like | Tom Vanderbilt 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z But he actually produced several incarnations of physics-defying perpetual motion machines that baffled scientists. David E.H. Jones, Scientist Whose Alter Ego Challenged Conventions, Dies at 79 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Warblers, vireos, tanagers and gnatcatchers are tiny bundles of nerves, flitting through treetops in near perpetual motion, their gorgeous colors a blessing both for the eyes and for identification. When Caterpillars Move In, the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Feasts 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z “The emphasis on perfection and perpetual motion is destroying family life.” 5 Tips to Parent in Real Time 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z There is no blur of perpetual motion here. Tottenham win title for youthful promise and being the most watchable 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z That situation’s about as likely to happen as someone making a successful perpetual motion machine or a legitimately funny Fuller House episode. Was Dwight Howard's Stickum spray the most incompetent example of cheating? 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z A body used to perpetual motion suddenly couldn’t move. Austin athlete fights to get back into competition 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Like many artists in China who are known in the West, Mr. Zhang seems to be in perpetual motion. Nostalgia and Surrealism Infuse Works of Chinese Animation Artist 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Most were surprised by Carpenter’s appearance — a talkative man in perpetual motion suddenly rendered frail, immobile and unable to speak. Notes From the Abyss: Snowboarder Details His Paralyzed Life 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Liverpool's players reflected the attitude of their manager at City - perpetual motion, positive and bristling with intent. How Klopp is changing Liverpool 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z If Shondaland were the setting for a workplace comedy, Beers would be the character in perpetual motion yet completely present and attentive when she's in front of you. As Shonda Rhimes' partner in crime, Betsy Beers is well-served by her improv roots 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Over time, the perpetual motion has blended people, their ideas and technologies and helped to build Europe into the resilient, deeply textured, economically and culturally rich continent now so appealing to those seeking new lives. How the layering of migrating people and cultures over centuries wrote the story of Europe 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z He was in perpetual motion as conditioning became one of the defense’s foremost priorities. Terps’ new defense needs to get up to speed vs. Bowling Green 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z He paused, gathered and smiled when asked about having to stifle his perpetual motion. J.J. Watt says he has a ‘billion’ things to improve 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z A woman DJ in perpetual motion provided music that kept everyone moving constantly. Life Ball And Charlize Theron: Educating Young Women And Girls Is Key In Battle Against Aids 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Despite today’s need to be in perpetual motion, Mr. Porter maintains that being his own roadie is part of the fun of getting on stage every night. Willy Porter tours America with gusto, but always calls Wisconsin home 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Again, the camera treats the viewer to the eye candy of elliptical forms that Alexandre describes as being ”in perpetual motion,” and to the church’s intricate, light-filled cupola interior. La Sapienza: A Cinematic Homage To Baroque Master Borromini 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z “Bathrooms are Conveniently Located at the Finish Line” announced the sign Maria Rivera waved at the runners in perpetual motion - and still 20 miles from their goal. Creative posters, signs urge along NYC marathoners 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z First of all, speakers certainly share in the perpetual motion machine feelings of most of the executives Scott describes. Speakers: Are You Overworked And Overwhelmed? Here's Your Answer 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z One of the sublime beauties of basketball — the perpetual motion of its key players — is lately turning out to be its curse. From Paul George to Kevin Durant, NBA injuries show it’s time to give it a rest Our restaurant friends seemed to be in perpetual motion. Finding Your Retirement State of Mind 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z He recalled Mr. Isaacs as an editor in perpetual motion who, once stung by an idea, propelled himself to the nearest typewriter and dashed off paragraphs of thoughts on the topic at hand. Steve Isaacs, journalist and professor, dies “My business is like a perpetual motion machine,” he explains over organic, unfiltered beer in a trendy pub in London’s Shoreditch. Entrepreneur Hits The Jackpot By Handing Out Free Money 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Andrews's big idea is to keep the acting space in perpetual motion. A Streetcar Named Desire review – Powerful insight into incomplete people 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z As the best-known motif of early Cycladic art representing the waves of the sea, spirals symbolised perpetual motion as the driving force in the life and thought of island communities. World's earliest erotic graffiti found in unlikely setting on Aegean island 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Instead, it would be sustained by an optimistic projection of subscription revenues and corporate sponsorship — a sort of Bloombergian perpetual motion machine. Bike Share’s Rough Ride 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z But, the world—and occasionally our warm-blooded hearts—get in the way of being blind-driving machines of perpetual motion. How To Be A Superconductor 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z The circular line acts as a ring around the centre that runs in a perpetual motion. Five photographers in Moscow 2014-04-25T08:09:48Z When he was awake, he was in perpetual motion, exercising regularly and working with one thing or another. Scientific American’s Owner Built the First New York Subway [Excerpt] 2014-02-21T16:00:00Z At 67 years old, Gupta has done and seen it all, yet he remains a man in perpetual motion. Vin Gupta's InfoFree.com Reinvents CRM and Lead Gen Tools For Small Business 2014-01-08T00:46:00Z To serve as a faceless cog in the remorseless perpetual motion machine of commerce until you retire and die. Weird things people are asked to do in interviews 2013-09-06T12:17:20Z In between points, she was perpetual motion, jogging on the spot and bouncing around like a prize fighter. Brutal Bartoli destroys Flipkens to reach Wimbledon final 2013-07-04T14:17:01Z Stephens is off the scale, seemingly without emotion at any stage of a contest that turned into "Sloane motion" v perpetual motion. Bartoli outbreaks Stephens to reach semis 2013-07-02T18:52:42Z When the perpetual motion stops, the 19-year-old striker often ruminates about the civil war in his native Sierra Leone that fractured his family. Mount Vernon’s Simond Kargbo finds solace on the soccer pitch after parents’ death 2013-05-07T19:33:22Z The 3km-long artificial landscape trundles at 4mph in perpetual motion up and down the centre of the country: under constant threat of accident or attack, no one wants to live near them. Are nuclear trains and cars made of skin the future of travel? 2013-04-30T17:18:20Z It has been remarked before that modern economics is belief in a perpetual motion machine. Jeremy Grantham on how to feed the world and why he invests in oil 2013-04-16T08:00:00Z It was a perpetual motion machine that never worked.” Internet Revolution 2.0: 3D Printing 2013-03-05T14:30:30Z The sixth-year coach of Wichita State is the fly that fell in the can of Red Bull, perpetual motion personified. Marshall has No. 20 Wichita State flying high 2013-01-24T20:12:18Z He also expressed optimism that he will be able to square the circle, create a perpetual motion machine and make a genuinely funny Jimmy Fallon movie. SuperSonics may return to Seattle, while Knicks take NBA to London 2013-01-15T15:00:53Z In the academic fracas that followed, both men’s reputations were ruined and the field was quickly relegated to the domain of “fringe” science along with perpetual motion, telekinesis, and anti-gravity. Cold Fusion Gets a Little More Real 2012-10-21T02:25:06Z "The body is a perpetual motion machine," says Joan Vernikos, former director of NASA's Life Sciences Division and author of the recently released book Sitting Kills, Moving Heals. Sitting Pretty? Dangers of Being Glued to Your Chair 2012-10-01T17:15:00Z A kind of soaking wet murder ball, water polo is a perpetual motion of attacks consisting of whizz-paced passes controlled instantly and bionic-wristed one-hand shots that move like cannonballs at opposing goalkeepers. The story of London 2012: Guardian writers' Olympic Games review 2012-08-12T21:46:11Z Renault, together with Formula 1 car designer Delta Motorsport, have signed up to a that could offer drivers an alluring sensation - or rather illusion - of perpetual motion. Fork in road for electric cars 2012-07-26T23:12:24Z The law of energy in its modern form is not identical with the principle of the excluded perpetual motion, but it is very closely related to it. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z COS COB, a snug enclave in Greenwich about 32 miles from Manhattan, seems a place in perpetual motion. | Cos Cob, Conn.: Cos Cob, Conn./Living In: A Stroll or Sail Away From Anywhere 2012-04-07T03:17:17Z No one can show a priori the impossibility of the phenomena described, as they demonstrate the impossibility of perpetual motion or the squaring of the circle. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Still, on and on succeeding waves advance, And thus perpetual motion would enhance. Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours 2012-03-14T02:00:27.650Z For if the equilibrium were for a moment disturbed, it could never subsist: the cord would keep moving round forever in the same direction,—we should have a perpetual motion. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z "Or did you think I was trying an experiment in perpetual motion?" he added, with equal sarcasm. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z Years ago we called such things, “perpetual motion machines”, but because that was discredited we now call them “above parity machines”. Dick Smith: "Rossi E-CAT ... too fantastic to be true" 2012-02-24T19:54:50Z Air navigation, the elixir of life, perpetual motion, are some of them. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z In the homiletic sphere perpetual motion is an assured success. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z In this form the principle of virtual velocities is identical with Huygens's principle of the impossibility of a perpetual motion. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The will of one who thinks that he has invented or discovered what is called perpetual motion, is not at fault. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z When men knew nothing of mechanics, nothing of the correlation of force, and of its indestructibility, they were believers in perpetual motion. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z In the financial world that is as absurd as perpetual motion in mechanics; it is as absurd as the fountain of eternal youth, the philosopher's stone, or the transmutation of metals. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z In mechanics he searched for perpetual motion, believing that he, by some curious combinations of levers, could produce, could create a force. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z In fact, through all mechanics it is this self-same principle of excluded perpetual motion which accomplishes almost all, which displeased Lagrange, but which he still had to employ, at least tacitly, in his own demonstration. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z And yet in spite of all the absurdities involved, for many centuries men, regarded by their fellows as intelligent and learned, tried to discover the great principle of "perpetual motion." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z It seems to run like the fabled machine of perpetual motion. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z We all have heard of men who spent years of labor in endeavoring to produce perpetual motion. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z These combinations have been brought about by perpetual motion, through infinite space and through all eternity. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z This principle, which appears frequently and with much clearness in Galileo's thought, is simply another form of the principle of excluded perpetual motion, as we shall see it is also in Huygens. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z They were believers in perpetual motion and they tried to make machines that would through a combination of levers furnish the force that propelled them. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z A clock thus would go for 12 hours, and wind itself at the same time for 12 hours more, if such a machine could exist, would be a perpetual motion. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z Inspired by the same idea, mechanics have endeavored, by curious combinations of levers and inclined planes, of wheels and cranks and shifting weights, to produce perpetual motion; but the wheels and levers wait for force. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z More wealth and imagination has been wasted in the invention of new systems in gambling than in the attempt to find perpetual motion—and just as uselessly. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z It is a fact, Stevinus deduces apparently much simpler truths from the principle of an impossible perpetual motion. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z They must migrate to find food; and as insects are most plentiful in warm weather, you see why these atoms of animation keep in perpetual motion. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z And so it goes for the Coles clan, an unusually fractious yet unusually close-knit family for whom the boundaries of home and work are both permeable and in perpetual motion. In the Family: Running Queens School-Day Care Center Tests Family Boundaries 2011-12-02T17:05:51Z This financial alchemy, this pecuniary perpetual motion, this fountain of eternal wealth, are the same old failures with new names. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z It has a rapid tempo and a perpetual motion that suggest dancing on hot iron. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z One might be led to believe from them that Huygens held a non-mechanical perpetual motion for possible. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z There used to be mechanics that tried to make perpetual motion by combinations of wheels, shifting weights, and rolling balls; but somehow the machine would never quite run. Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs 2011-11-24T03:00:41.267Z While hunting for food, it keeps its tail in perpetual motion. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Wherever he ends up, he is likely to remain a man in perpetual motion, looking for his idea of fun. Postseason Pressure a Pleasure to La Russa 2011-10-04T01:00:57Z This has been the best day this concern has had since I took hold of it, and I've worked like a perpetual motion machine. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z The principle was reached without any assumption whatever concerning the nature of heat, simply by the exclusion of a perpetual motion. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The idea that you can produce money without labor is just as foolish as the idea of perpetual motion. Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs 2011-11-24T03:00:41.267Z A perpetual motion machine or some fanciful device for saving us from labor, so far from being a blessing, would paralyze our noblest powers. Why I am opposed to socialism 2011-08-30T02:00:37.547Z The conception of the sequence has been as if an organism caused its own development in a closed system of forces, in a kind of organic perpetual motion. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z My brother was artfully combining politeness with perpetual motion. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z The principle of excluded perpetual motion is thus no new discovery; it has been the guiding idea, for three hundred years, of all the great inquirers. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z Some, if revived now and put to use, would throw proposed flying machines into the background, as they involved perpetual motion. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z If so, the motion of a pendulum would be perpetual, and I thought you said, that there was no perpetual motion on the earth. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z If this were so, it would constitute the most beautiful perpetual motion ever dreamed of by the visionary. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z The perpetual lamp is, in chemistry, the counterpart of perpetual motion in mechanics—both violate the fundamental principle of the conservation of energy. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z It will be objected here, perhaps, that a perpetual motion proved impossible for purely mechanical actions, is perhaps not so when the influence of heat or of electricity is employed. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The secret of perpetual motion might, no doubt, be discovered, and a clock be constructed which would never need winding up,—I see no great difficulty in that. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z I thought that it was impossible to produce perpetual motion? Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The idea that any one could prevent her little sister from indulging in almost perpetual motion, seemed utterly funny to her. Randy's Summer A Story for Girls 2011-06-16T02:00:16.550Z And just as suggestions of impossible movements have been numerous in the case of perpetual motion, so impossible devices and constructions have been suggested in regard to perpetual lamps. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z It is perfectly natural that the principle of excluded perpetual motion should have been first developed in the simple domain of pure mechanics. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z She was perpetual motion, never seeming to tire in races that went on for up to a mile. Evans eyeing 2012 Olympics in swimming comeback 2011-06-10T17:28:12Z Have you discovered a new disease, or formulated a new theory of life, or become a golf champion, or a senator, or a freak aviator, or invented perpetual motion? The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z Some objected, that the author in the science of politics had been fascinated, as some in mechanics, who imagined that they had discovered “the perpetual motion.” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Inventions of this kind might be multiplied indefinitely, but none of these devices can be called a perpetual motion because they all depend for their action upon energy derived from external sources other than gravity. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z In this, therefore, the logical root of the principle of excluded perpetual motion is given, namely, in that universal conviction which existed even before the development of mechanics and co-operated in that development. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z For many physicists, this is tantamount to saying that perpetual motion is possible! Does Quantum Mechanics Flout the Laws of Thermodynamics? 2011-06-01T17:45:00.267Z Meanwhile, the armies were kept in perpetual motion, procuring money for the impecunious Directory, making a diversion for internal discontent, and also permitting of a “reversed Coup d’�tat of the 22nd Flor�al. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z She now recovers, and is able to sit up, smiling at the sight which meets her eye, of Mr. Cole shaking Silas Jones by the hand, as if it was to be perpetual motion. A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z While many have claimed the actual invention of a perpetual motion it is very certain that not one has ever succeeded. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z But psychologically, the situation is essentially different, whether I think simply of the unique determination and reversibility of events, or whether I exclude a perpetual motion. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The secret of perpetual motion has not been discovered in the State any more than in science. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z Yet the Peace Conference revealed the secret of perpetual motion and conferred a timely service, for the hubbub created by the Wilson-Lansing-House-Party at Versailles kept the Senate from passing into a trance. Psycho-Phone Messages 2011-03-27T02:00:12.363Z It shows how they are compounded out of elements, and how these elements, which he thinks are atoms in perpetual motion, are being constantly redistributed, so that old things perish and new things arise. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Michael, thoroughly disconcerted, hit upon the plan of setting some to square the circle, others to find the perpetual motion, etc. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z Many trace the principle to the impossibility of a perpetual motion, which they regard either as sufficiently proved by experience, or as self-evident. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z There were also not a few pretenders to perpetual motion. Mysteries of the Rosie Cross Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and Disciples 2011-02-23T03:00:32.190Z Space is infinite, and there is an illimitable multitude of indestructible, indivisible and absolutely compact atoms in perpetual motion in this illimitable space. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z I am inclined to think, from my own observation of its ways, that it contains the germ of perpetual motion.” The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews 2011-02-18T03:00:20.773Z Another case was that of a man named Adams who exhibited, for eight or nine days, his pretended perpetual motion in a town in England and took in the natives for fifty or sixty pounds. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z In the province of pure mechanics the impossibility of a perpetual motion, or the continuous production of work without some permanent alteration, is easily demonstrated. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z This analysis of the phenomena of surface tension shows how far the principle of negation of perpetual motions can carry us, into regions which at first sight might be classed as molecular. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z I’m so mixed I feel like a perpetual motion machine running backwards.” Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z Brisk as a bee, and restless as the Ocean, He solves the problem of perpetual motion. Familiar Faces 2011-01-26T03:00:30.173Z Another singular characteristic of almost all those who have devoted themselves to the search for a perpetual motion is their absolute confidence in the success of the plans which they have brought forth. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z The fundamental supposition of this demonstration is plainly the impossibility of a perpetual motion. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The random and omnipresent movement of particles in a fluid, known as Brownian motion, presents on its face a tantalizing avenue to perpetual motion. Crowd Forcing: Random Movement of Bacteria Drives Gears 2011-01-10T07:45:11.230Z All dogs were Snyders to Boy, but perhaps the perpetual motion of the tail which wagged automatically reminded him most strongly of the original. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z They could be called ‘perpetual motion,’ all right. The Girls of Central High on Track and Field The Champions of the School League 2010-12-27T03:00:15.633Z Having devised a scheme for perpetual motion he constructed several wheels which he claimed to be self-moving. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z As may be seen from the preceding exposition, the perpetual motion can be excluded without our employing or possessing the notion of work. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z The earth at certain seasons produces different fruits and vegetables; and, in that sense, is in perpetual motion, and never rests until it has brought forth all its fruits. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z No repose for them: their life is perpetual motion, a frantic race. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z But increasingly, his reputation and perpetual motion revolve around his conviction that in the health professions, the kitchen must become as crucial as the clinic. Doctor?s Orders: Eat Well to Be Well 2010-09-22T04:00:00Z But such means of perpetual electric lighting would be similar to a perpetual motion derived from a mountain stream. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z The Cardinals will spend the seconds before each snap on Saturday in a state of perpetual motion in hopes of confusing the Wildcats. Governor's Cup could come down to running game 2010-09-03T08:49:00Z Everywhere else in Asia, from Shanghai to Mumbai to Jakarta, there is an aura of perpetual motion, a sense that tomorrow will be better than today. From Dynamo to Dinosaur: Why Japan Is Faltering 2010-07-24T10:30:00Z THE next morning, Mr. Iger is relaxed — or as relaxed as a perpetual motion machine ever is. Is Disney?s Iger Having a Cinderella Moment? 2010-04-10T19:45:00Z For a team in perpetual motion, forward Keith Ramsey was the picture of efficiency, shooting 8 of 10 from the floor for 18 points. East: Missouri 86, Clemson 78: Missouri Outlasts Clemson to Advance 2010-03-19T21:21:00Z By perpetual motion is meant a machine which, without assistance from any external source except gravity, shall continue to go on moving until the parts of which it is made are worn out. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z The rest of the time, she was beyond inscrutable, in perpetual motion: cleaning, organizing, cooking meals, going to the store to return this, pick up that. Junot Díaz: “The Pura Principle.” 2010-03-15T04:00:00Z If it were real we'd have perpetual motion machine which is just pure science fiction. 2009-12-29T11:12:00Z She was too small to see much of, but all he saw was activity, gesticulation, and perpetual motion. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode A man ruling very differently from our energetic hostess at Narbonne, who, full of electricity herself, seemed to have the power of galvanising every one else into perpetual motion. Glories of Spain The earliest mechanical device intended to produce perpetual motion is that known as the overbalancing wheel. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z He's trying to find the secret of perpetual motion. The Children of the World Always on the look-out for fresh events, he is the nearest approach to perpetual motion yet discovered. John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced The butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker, and hundreds of other workmen as well, have their representatives in perpetual motion, to the great impediment of travel. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology "How did you become interested in this perpetual motion machine, Miss Laidlaw?" he asked as we threaded our way through the dense traffic. The Social Gangster The whole history of the philosopher's stone, of machines and contrivances for obtaining perpetual motion, and of circle-squaring, is permeated with accounts of the most gross and obvious frauds. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z Perverted, it wastes time and money on perpetual motion, and other like futile inventions. The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology I asked, after vain efforts to count the heads in that whirl of perpetual motion. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road I am not aware of any readier method of forming a notion of perpetual motion than watching the performance of Sir Roger de Coverley at an evening party in Dublin. Jack Hinton The Guardsman I knew already that though the search after perpetual motion through centuries had brought failure, still it captivated a certain type of inventive mind. The Social Gangster These things, considered together, it will hence appear how a perpetual motion may seem easily contrivable. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z And to work, according to Mill's “Political Economy,” is to move; therefore perpetual motion is the great ideal problem of mechanicians. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. I think," he remarked ruefully to himself upon the occasion of its sixth rejection, "that I have discovered the principle of perpetual motion. International Short Stories American He was to serve as a quieter for Bella's nerves, spirits and perpetual motion, and to guard against Gardiner's somnolence. Fairfax and His Pride The perpetual motion machine was just a fake. The Social Gangster A constable was sent for, the impostor went before a magistrate and there signed a paper confessing his perpetual motion to be a cheat. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z If this agreement did not exist it would be possible, theoretically, to obtain perpetual motion from the gases in a way that would be inconsistent with the second law of thermodynamics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" "Is that really a perpetual motion machine?" asked Frank, who, with the other boys, was much interested in such things. Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son We hear that an ingenious mechanic at Ipswich has invented a machine to perform perpetual motion, which is described as "self-acting after being put in motion by a screw." Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) "This is one of the neatest perpetual motion frauds I ever heard of." The Social Gangster There are several legitimate and successful methods of obtaining a practically perpetual motion, provided we are allowed to call to our aid some one of the various natural sources of power. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z An entirely new idea seemed to thrill through him, as if he had just been assured that perpetual motion had not yet been discovered, and that he was the man to discover it. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 Whether Silas had not built his machine strong enough to stand the strain, or whether the perpetual motion was too much for it, was never disclosed. Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son Profound philosophers have sometimes got very near to the discovery of the quadrature of the circle, perpetual motion, the transmutation of metals, the elixir of life, the crystallisation of carbon, the longitude. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) According to a mediæval legend, the perpetual motion of this tree dates from its having supplied the wood of the Cross, and that its leaves have trembled ever since at the recollection of their guilt. Folk-lore of Shakespeare The hydrostatic paradox by which a few ounces of liquid may apparently balance many pounds, or even tons, has frequently suggested a form of apparatus designed to secure a perpetual motion. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z Dr. Brinton, Señor Troncoso and other authorities have already observed that the game of ball itself was intended to represent the idea of the perpetual motion of the heavenly bodies. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations He spent all he had saved up t' buy machinery, an' he ain't hardly slept nights with worryin' over perpetual motion. Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son I could not imagine how she could endure this perpetual motion, but she wanted it for her health, as she was unable to walk. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun But meanwhile—though almost as unlocomotive as the dead in body—there is perpetual motion in our minds. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Another contrivance by which a seemingly perpetual motion may be obtained is the dry pile or column of De Luc. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z The charm of perpetual motion is upon them, as upon that unfortunate Jew, who, bending beneath the weight of eighteen hundred years, is still supposed to be roaming over the face of the earth. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century Life is perpetual motion, and repose is death. The History of Freedom Shakespeare takes as his emblem of perpetual motion the dancing "waves o' th' sea". Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast If he needs a few more he can get them at the Patent Office in Washington, which is packed with plans and specifications of perpetual motion machines and other contraptions as unworkable as bolshevism. The So-called Human Race Once I had seen him, I could follow with ease his sinuous path among the tangled bamboos, a waving line of beauty in perpetual motion. Miss Cayley's Adventures Mechanical Advertisement The idea of a machine to go by perpetual motion is perpetual nonsense. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 We might sell her for a mechanical top–warranted perpetual motion. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John The quest for automatic machinery is as hopeless as the quest for perpetual motion! Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Hundreds of colored parasols swayed towards the sun like mammoth poppies, gay fans kept the air in perpetual motion. Mabel's Mistake I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scour'd to nothing with perpetual motion.” Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare Our little nutshell, in perpetual motion, is drawn down into the deep valleys of the ocean waves, or tossed upwards on the comb of the following breaker. The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner Nevertheless, the use of this device is not recorded before its association with hydraulic and perpetual motion machines in the manuscripts of Riḍwān, ca. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass If any body had told him that some one had discovered perpetual motion, he would have laughed at him, and cried "humbug!" Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 Oh! meditators on perpetual motion, how many vain projects of similar character you have devised! Thoughts on Art and Life She was too busy rustling about with perpetual motion, folding and refolding, and smoothing into miraculous compactness all the heterogeneous elements of that mass. The Doctor's Family "She is understudy to a perpetual motion machine," was one of her epigrams. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V It seems that in revising the histories of clockwork and the magnetic compass, these considerations of perpetual motion devices may provide some much needed evidence. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass Some shrugged their shoulders; some said they wouldn't believe their own eyes in regard to perpetual motion—that the thing was a physical impossibility; while others half doubted and half believed. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 “Evolution” is perhaps not the right word to convey our idea of social perpetual motion. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome They'd put it in the eccentric section of a library, with books on perpetual motion and the fourth dimension. The Prisoner Unless we can to some extent change "human nature," we shall be weaving ropes of sand, or devising schemes for perpetual motion, for driving our machinery more effectively without applying fresh energy. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies However, the lines are surprisingly similar, with the exception only of the crucial invention of the escapement, a feature which seems to be replaced by the influx of ideas connected with perpetual motion wheels. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass Some believed, but the majority either doubted or denied that it was perpetual motion. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 The young theorist in mechanics thinks he can produce a perpetual motion! Practical Education, Volume II Attempts at perpetual motion may all be regarded as attempts to get round this "third law." Pioneers of Science His father went up, and, sure enough, there was perpetual motion—that is, as long as there was any life left in the dog and that piece of roast beef hung to his tail. Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly In the next sections we shall show that this idea of a perpetual motion device occurs again in conjunction with astronomical models in Islam and shortly afterwards in medieval Europe. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass At all times, and in all places, he boldly took the affirmative in regard to the discovery of perpetual motion, and showed no quarter to any one who was bold enough to doubt. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 But enterprise, that moral perpetual motion, overcomes all obstacles. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans But I warn you, some of these things are very tricky—like the old perpetual motion machines. The Great Gray Plague There for the first time—and herein consists its merit—the whole natural, historic, and intellectual world was presented as a process, i. e., engaged in perpetual motion, change, transformation and development. Feuerbach: The roots of the socialist philosophy It is of the greatest interest to our theme that the Islamic contributions to horology and perpetual motion seem to form a closely knit corpus. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass The suspension of perpetual motion would have been bound to excite remark. Anthony Lyveden Men have spent long lives in such attempts as to turn the baser metals into gold, to discover perpetual motion, to find a cure for certain malignant diseases, and to navigate the air. The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems The fitful fancy of a wandering race, ever drifting across the changing seas, reflects itself in the legendary lore of the Malay Archipelago, often represented by weird traditions as though in perpetual motion. Through the Malay Archipelago He moves; and the thing he moves may truly be called a motion; for the national idea is perpetual motion. What I Saw in America Having discussed the Villard drawings which are already cited in horological literature, we must draw attention to the fact that this medieval architect also gives an illustration of a perpetual motion wheel. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass Everything," he says, "is in perpetual motion; even including a certain young lady in the moon, who was seen with a telescope about forty years ago, everything has considerably aged. Moon Lore Even a cursory examination of these patents reveals an appalling absence of sound mechanical sense, and many of them appear to be attempts at "perpetual motion," in spite of an occasional disclaimer of such intent. Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt For a moment I thought surely perpetual motion had been discovered. Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events These probably undergo some change by a kind of digestion in their respective glands; but could not otherwise unite previously in the mass of blood from its perpetual motion. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes We cannot, in this case, suggest that drawings of clocks and of perpetual motion devices occur together by more than a coincidence, for Villard seems to have been interested in most sorts of mechanical device. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass For such a system the worthiest function of the universe should be to establish perpetual motion. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory I have purchased more than one “perpetual motion” myself. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages Both, to excess; but her chief attribute is her tongue, which has solved the secret of perpetual motion. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley I should have nothing left to live for, had I not happened to hear that he has a perpetual motion on hand. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II We must now attempt to fill the residual gap, and in so doing examine the importance of perpetual motion devices, mechanical and magnetic, in the crucial transition from protoclock to mechanical-escapement clock. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass There exist so many excellent signs of the good time to dawn on the human race, when the tidal wave once really sets into combined, perpetual motion. Cupology How to Be Entertaining If this scheme had been consummated it would have borne to "frenzied finance" the same relationship that perpetual motion does to mechanics. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated They had Argus in the fly with them, sitting up, with his mouth open, and his tail flapping against the bottom of the vehicle in perpetual motion. Vixen, Volume III. A useful collection on the history of the attempts at perpetual motion, that is, at obtaining the consequences of power without any power to produce them. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II In many ways, once the idea has been suggested it is natural to associate such a perpetual motion with the incessant diurnal rotation of the heavens. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass “For God’s sake,” said I, “put that nightmare of perpetual motion in your pocket and go mad over it in the privacy of your own chamber.” The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol The public, discouraged by the failures and tragedies just witnessed, considered flight beyond the reach of man, and classed its adherents with the inventors of perpetual motion. The Early History of the Airplane A perfect equilibrium is as impossible as perpetual motion, and it is only with a perfect equilibrium that change, which is the condition of progress, would cease. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative A few weeks ago we were in perpetual motion. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II In the first week of May Stover awakened, the drowsiness dropped from him and the spirit of perpetual motion again returned. The Varmint And the perpetual motion of a glacier has something about it which is cruelly inevitable, bestial, diabolic. A Tramp's Notebook In fact we get in space an example of perpetual motion. Aether and Gravitation A nearer approach to it may perhaps be made in the world of mind; but, like perpetual motion, it is not to be absolutely attained to in this world of ours. The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains Exposed to sudden changes and severe cold, they would have been in almost perpetual motion, and must have been compelled to consume a largely increased quantity of food. Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual Such a piece of perpetual motion, Full of bother And pother, Would make paralytic old Bridget A Fidget. On the Tree Top A perpetual motion, then, is deemed impossible, because it demands the creation of energy, whereas the principle of Conservation is — no creation, but infinite conversion. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Here then we find in space those very conditions by which perpetual motion may be obtained. Aether and Gravitation There is nothing certain, but that all things are uncertain,—that all things are subject to perpetual motion, revolution, and change,—to-day a city, to-morrow a heap. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning In fact, it is the old story illustrated, that perpetual motion is impossible. Time and Tide A Romance of the Moon But you would not say that a new way of squaring the circle would appear—or that perpetual motion—" "Oh no, no! The Tyranny of the Dark In my youth I thought an electro-magnetic engine which was shown to me a veritable perpetual motion — a machine, that is to say, which performed work without the expenditure of power. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 We have heard from time to time of the term perpetual motion. Aether and Gravitation Or, perhaps, a still more lively illustration to some readers may be the idea of perpetual motion. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 Of course, such a doctrine cannot be true; it would amount to a perpetual motion! Time and Tide A Romance of the Moon From dawn to sunset it is an example of perpetual motion. Birds of the Indian Hills Many of these, among whom were to be reckoned men of consummate skill, were occupied a century ago with the question of perpetual motion. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Philosophers have from time to time endeavoured to discover some application of this perpetual motion, but all efforts in this direction up to the present have proved futile. Aether and Gravitation Except for the fact that there is nothing at all automatic in his inventions, there seems to be no good reason why Mr. Collins should not make a perpetual motion. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 A mechanical device, however ingenious may be the construction, or however accurate the workmanship, can never possess what is called perpetual motion. Time and Tide A Romance of the Moon Wilder and wilder grew her gyrations—head, feet, legs, shoulders, hair, hands, arms, were in seemingly perpetual motion. Flamsted quarries And why should a perpetual motion, even under modern conditions, be impossible? Fragments of science, V. 1-2 In one sense there is no such thing as perpetual motion. Aether and Gravitation Alas! what he took for perpetual motion was but an eight-day clock, and I need not call your attention to the present dead and leaden stillness of its pendulum. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 The obstinacy of the latter animal was sorely punished by the apparent effort during that march to teach it perpetual motion. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac Man shall never, in this mortal body we use, exemplify perpetual motion. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Good heavens I That was something possible only with the discovery of perpetual motion. Mademoiselle Olympe Zabriski This affords and has afforded a fine field for the perpetual motionist, and if only the current would maintain itself without a sustaining power, perpetual motion in fact would be attained.“ Aether and Gravitation About three o'clock in the afternoon it was cloudy, and a gentle, melancholy, sighing west wind wafted to my assistance in the lower meadows, where the stream is small and typical of perpetual motion. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler He called it a breakthrough in the field of perpetual motion. With No Strings Attached D'Israeli speaks of the "six follies of science,"—the quadrature, the duplication, the perpetual motion, the philosopher's stone, magic, and astrology. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I I suppose I am growing old, for I begin to dislike perpetual motion. Paul Patoff These mechanical book-carriers run all day, by electric power, supplied by a dynamo in the basement, and, with their endless chain and attached boxes constantly revolving, they furnish a near approach to perpetual motion. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries For there is no trick of perpetual motion in politics any more than in mechanics. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Nobody sold us a battery disguised as a perpetual motion device. With No Strings Attached Had Michael set them to square the circle or to find a perpetual motion, he would have done his work much better. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I It’s impossible in the nature of things—as much so as that dream of the visionary, perpetual motion.” The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole You were victimised by self-delusion when I first met you, at the time you thought you had discovered perpetual motion. In the Track of the Troops Here, then, we have perpetual motion rendered absolutely certain, both as to continuance and direction. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn No fancy gimmick for deriving power from perpetual motion or anything like that. With No Strings Attached Not even a sprightly blunder's spark can blaze From that Ixion grindstone's ceaseless toil, That turns and turns to give the world a notion Of endless torments and perpetual motion. Don Juan It virtually possesses the property of perpetual motion. The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies I contrived a wheel for perpetual motion, which only wants one little addition to make it go round for ever. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan But after a short time the difference is apparent, the Grant's being much larger in stature and has much larger horns and is minus the Thompsonian perpetual motion tail. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country He walked on his hind feet, turned somersaults in quick succession, and acted as though possessed with perpetual motion, but not one yelp or bark or any sound did he utter. Three Boys in the Wild North Land Its liberation is an impossibility, in the same class with perpetual motion. The Skylark of Space The monads are in perpetual motion—perpetual change, and always place and arrange themselves according to their power and will. The Home He shook so with his chilly sensations that the bedclothes above him were in perpetual motion, and the mattress under him was agitated with the motions of his body. The Kentucky Ranger He smiled at me with the same tolerant air that father uses on the offspring who comes up with one of the standard juvenile plans for perpetual motion. Highways in Hiding One has invented the perpetual motion and is soon to be rich; others have already acquired vast fortunes: scraps of paper, buttons and chips are to them, large amounts of money. Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 That and perpetual motion are always with us. The Skylark of Space When his perpetual motion machine failed to work "Had" Beckley had lost interest in Node's inventions. Watch Yourself Go By Although I had not done this for many, many years, there was so little change in the proceedings that I gained a new impression of perpetual motion. A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions Among other things he sought to produce a model of perpetual motion. The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning Atoms are in perpetual motion, caused by forces. The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 The fact is simply this, a chemical perpetual motion is as impossible as a mechanical one. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity That's the way they did when I was working on the perpetual motion machine. Watch Yourself Go By The belief in perpetual motion is not yet dead. The Last Harvest The Gary Motor as a perpetual motion scheme, of course, is not worthy of serious notice from a society devoted to science. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures From the interior of the building resounded heavy thuds and the din of grinding as of machinery in perpetual motion which made the very foundations of the rocks quiver. The Poor Plutocrats It was all so beautiful and soothing that it seemed as though the problem of perpetual motion had been solved and the war had come for an eternity. The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 We have divers curious clocks and other like motions of return, and some perpetual motions. Ideal Commonwealths To have slept, after her example, had been most proper; but my uncertainty with regard to her fate, and my desire to conduct her to some other home, kept my thoughts in perpetual motion. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 But the wheels in organic nature go around from something inside them, a kind of perpetual motion, or self-supplying power. The Breath of Life And it is not mere restlessness that drives her into perpetual motion now; it's a new delight in living hard and with all her might every moment of the day!... The Danger Mark The stillness of the vessel, after its perpetual motion, gave her an odd sensation, not unlike what she had felt when it first began to move; but she was quickly dressed and on deck. A Canadian Heroine, Volume 3 A Novel "Wall," sez he, with a wise, shrewd look, "as fur as the elevator is concerned, I believe I could fix that on a endless chain—keep it a-runnin' all the time, sunthin' like perpetual motion." Samantha at the World's Fair The Heart of a Woman There are three things man is destined never to solve—perpetual motion, the square of the circle, and the heart of a woman. The Spinster Book In the world of gross matter, or of ponderable bodies, perpetual motion is impossible because here it takes energy, or its equivalent, to beget energy. The Breath of Life Others, less cautious in their conclusions, might think it a perpetual motion. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. In this they resemble the devisers of perpetual motions, or scientific and infallible systems for breaking the bank at a roulette-table. A Critical Examination of Socialism The skies above us and the earth underfoot are in perpetual motion. The House of the Vampire The beautiful berry proves to be bitter and poisonous: that which apparently moves is really at rest: that which seems to be stationary is in perpetual motion: the earth moves: the sun is still. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series The question of the nature and origin of life is a kind of perpetual motion question in biology. The Breath of Life Any other condition would, probably, involve the difficulties of perpetual motion. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays Such persons herein similar to devisers of perpetual motions and systems for defeating the laws of chance at a roulette-table. A Critical Examination of Socialism The transmutation of metals seems to-day no longer an idle speculation, and radium has transformed into potential reality the dream of perpetual motion. The House of the Vampire That was something possible only with the discovery of perpetual motion. Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 The act of breathing imparts perpetual motion to the artist and the model. Notes and Queries, Number 20, March 16, 1850 The rhythm is usually uniform, a kind of perpetual motion, though not in one voice. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Nearly all the inventions of perpetual motion come from practical mechanics. If Not Silver, What? One was formed "for a wheel of perpetual motion." The Art of Public Speaking For me, you know, I do carpet-work—ask Mrs. Jameson—and I never pretend to be in a perpetual motion of mental industry. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 "His toilet," writes one of his eulogists, "is that of a common soldier, his wardrobe that of a sergeant, business his recreation, and his life perpetual motion." The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power We were therefore willing to have them come, although they seemed to have discovered the secret of perpetual motion, and tried one's patience sadly. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 The painted screen is but paint at the best, and is in perpetual motion, which is not arrested by the vain clutches of hands that would fain stop the irresistible and tragic gliding past. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII It has been said that there is power and continuousness enough in the tides, winds, rotating and revolving worlds for man to make a machine for perpetual motion. Among the Forces That very sultry morning Hugo brooded over the face of his establishment like a spirit doomed to perpetual motion. Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes Another ph�nomenon in palsies is, that when the limbs of one side are disabled, those of the other are in perpetual motion. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life She had learned the secret of transition—a perpetual motion that went in circles and was never still. One Man in His Time Starting with this idea, he endeavours to demonstrate, by associating two engines capable of working in a reversible cycle, that the principle is founded on the impossibility of perpetual motion. The New Physics and Its Evolution "I feared their noise and perpetual motion might disturb you," Mr. Travilla answered. Elsie's Womanhood Papers which have perpetual motion in their design, or eyes which seem to peer, or an unstable pattern of gold running over it, must all be ignored. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today If perpetual motion is still a dream of the physicist, he might get an idea by carefully examining the way the body of till-top is balanced on its needle legs. Roof and Meadow The man knew that if he was ever to get out he must be in perpetual motion. Around The Tea-Table She was terribly garrulous; her tongue, as soon as it got under way, ran on as if propelled by machinery and acquainted with the secret of perpetual motion; but she was an interesting study. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 It seemed to Mrs. Ketchum that "those English people," as she called them, were never idle, and had discovered the secret of perpetual motion. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 The problem of a�rial navigation seems at present to be agitating as many pseudo-scientific minds as did that of perpetual motion not many years ago, or the philosopher's stone at a more remote period. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 An occasional private letter gives, perhaps, the best possible explanation of his own heart in this perpetual motion towards the Cross. The Authoritative Life of General William Booth The noble hall was a scene of vulgar festivity, where the ubiquitous kellner, racing to and fro with beer and plates of sausage, solved the problem of perpetual motion. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 The showy equipages of the nobility were in perpetual motion. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 In this mental drill, it will be well to mentally picture the Universe in perpetual motion—everything is in motion—all matter is moving and changing its forms, and manifesting the Energy within it. A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga The bells, in time of pestilence, ne'er made Like noise, or were in that perpetual motion. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant Many similar efforts have been made to confirm this doctrine of the transmission of acquired characters; but their universal failure is like that of mechanics in trying to invent perpetual motion. Q. E. D., or New Light on the Doctrine of Creation Count:" "This man confided to me that he had invented a machine for perpetual motion, the chief difficulty of which was that it accumulated energy so fast that it could not be controlled. True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office A company for developing a wheel to go by perpetual motion, with a capital of four million dollars. The Abominations of Modern Society Then, in a brief time, these wants become needs, and there you have perpetual motion. Reveries of a Schoolmaster A rapid melody has a kind of perpetual motion in the strings, with mimicking echoes in the wood. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies Since the water is kept in perpetual motion, the different kinds of matter are diffused through it; but in spite of that, the densest matter is found in greatest quantity nearest to the bottom. A Textbook of Theosophy Sometimes children are vitally interested in working geometrical problems, translating difficult passages in Latin, striving to invent the perpetual motion machine, even though there is no evident and useful result. How to Teach The squarers of the circle, the discoverers of perpetual motion, the inquirers into the origin of language, have all been ridiculed, and ruled out of court, the two former classes, at least, justly enough. Cock Lane and Common-Sense A glass or crystal globe, wherein he blew or made a perpetual motion by the power of the four elements. Notes and Queries, Number 31, June 1, 1850 He had not, it seems, sufficient foresight to make it a perpetual motion. Critiques and Addresses Being thus contracted in bulk, and rendered specifically heavier, they in their turn descend, and thus a perpetual motion is kept up in the mass of air. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 537, March 10, 1832 I knew no other life which approached so nearly to perpetual motion. What I Remember, Volume 2 Man's soul in a perpetual motion flows, And to no outward cause that motion owes; And therefore that no end can overtake, Because our minds cannot themselves forsake. Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham Civilization is not an example of perpetual motion. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History I wasted six months on perpetual motion when I was a boy, and gave it up. Round the Block With her girlish fondness for machinery, she has given much thought to mechanics in these later years, striving to find, like many another, the secret of producing perpetual motion. Lives of Girls Who Became Famous After pouring out thy soul in prayer to thy Heavenly Father, dost thou not feel the outraged sense of right, like a perpetual motion, restless within thy breast? Isaac T. Hopper Fresh fuel is perpetually being pushed on in front, and by alternate movement of the fire bars the fire is kept in perpetual motion till the ashes drop out at the back. Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 It was formerly believed that a force might under certain circumstances be originated—created, as it were—and hence the attempts to contrive machines for perpetual motion—that is, machines for the production of force. Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young Or, the Principles on Which a Firm Parental Authority May Be Established and Maintained, Without Violence or Anger, and the Right Development of the Moral and Mental Capacities Be Promoted by Methods in Harmony with the Structure and the Characteristics of the Juvenile Mind Perhaps your talents don't run in the way of perpetual motion. Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 The discovery of this Behoving Machine was the discovery of the political perpetual motion. Little Dorrit In other cases the inventions were of the utterly hopeless class, incapable of perfection, like some perpetual motion apparatus. Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes I should then see the discovery of the longitude, the perpetual motion, the universal medicine, and many other great inventions, brought to the utmost perfection. Gulliver's Travels A form of perpetual motion seems to be embodied in the principle of magnetism. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers Our first chance, therefore, lies in perpetual motion. Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 The women in the family of the persecuted farmer of Baldarroch also kept their tongues in perpetual motion; swelling with their strange stories the tide of popular wonder. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 "Folks do say that you are trying to discover the perpetual motion." Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories A talker is a sonorous bell, whom the least shock suffices to set in perpetual motion. What is Property? His eyes, well-open, keenly observant, in perpetual motion, lent an air of alertness, of shrewdness, to his heavy, florid countenance. The Yellow Streak My only hope lies in this discovery of perpetual motion. Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 There is a species of dog—the small French poodle—the essence of whose character and constitution is fidgetiness or perpetual motion. The Dog In short, Mr. Fessenden had been lured from his profession and country by as empty a bubble as that of the perpetual motion. Biographical Sketches (From: "Fanshawe and Other Pieces") There were at least fifty kinds of perpetual motion, one of which was applicable to the wits of newspaper editors and writers of every description. The Hall of Fantasy (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") Till the thirty-second day, many persons imagined that the perpetual motion had been discovered. Paris as It Was and as It Is The unbounded plain is traversed at large by hordes, who are in perpetual motion, or who are displaced and harassed by their mutual hostilities. An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition Bound to this Ixion wheel of perpetual motion," says he, "I suffer tortures unimagined even by the High Gods. The Mountebank The number of inventions for use as stop-motions in and about the various machines in the cotton mill has been to a certain extent something like the search after perpetual motion. Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 Thus far he could go, and the story of the "circulation" of the blood is very interesting; but the cause of the heart's perpetual motion, and the blood's continuous flow, this he could not discover. Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation And there were two perpetual motions,—the crowd flowing out to some joy beyond the horizon, and the crowd flowing back irresistibly to the sucking whirlpool. Together I never could realize in this perfect image of a living and perpetual motion, a fall of waters; it always had to my eyes this majestic, solemn, rotatory movement, when seen from the bank above. Life in the Clearings versus the Bush All I want, sir, is to find out the secret of perpetual motion! The Storm The mountains and the sea are the two grandest things in nature, and in their combination sublime; the one the home of calm and silence, the other in perpetual motion. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms Now we shall not want clack; for he has a perpetual motion in his head; and if he were not so clever as he is, we should get tired. American Historical and Literary Antiquities, Part 12. Second Series Perhaps he's been selling him a perpetual motion for the use of his government, which needs something of the kind just now. A Foregone Conclusion When at borne, every ten minutes he was obliged to appear in the balcony, and then, with hand on heart and hat in hand, ah! that bow! that perpetual motion of popularity! The Voyage of Captain Popanilla As the waves roll forward and backward in perpetual motion, so our hearts are stirred by never-ending pain and trouble, and as our emotions sway our will, so our senses suffer change within us. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) For as yet the use of tongue was understood, and it was not allowed to obstruct by perpetual motion the duties of the palate. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War Without beginning and without end, the perpetual motion of tropical vegetation is but slightly influenced by the weather. My Tropic Isle From a shelf above it he took down models of a flying-machine and a perpetual motion. A Foregone Conclusion The first Quebecer who understood that poetry, unlike perpetual motion, could not feed itself, was a brewer, whose memory is now legendary and who was known by the harmonious name of McCallum. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present You are told that some one has discovered perpetual motion. Adventures in the Land of Canaan For the war, with all its stirring rumors and perpetual motion on shore and sea, and access of gallant visitors, was gone for the moment, and dull peace was signed. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War The balance of power is like perpetual motion, or any of those impossible things which some men are always racking their brains and spending their time and money to accomplish. Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 Sometimes I explain it by a desire both to escape and to pursue unhappiness, which amounts to a solemn kind of perpetual motion. Over the Pass But nothing will run itself; perpetual motion is a myth, and even a small town to be well governed, must receive conscious, expert attention. Parent and Child Volume III., Child Study and Training All objects have different phases, and the mind which is in perpetual motion, views them from different aspects as they revolve before it. Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century To see the mountains of Virginia in October, and not grow extravagant, is one of those things which rank with the discovery of perpetual motion—an impossibility. The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier Would-be discoverers of perpetual motion might have received many hints from Bubble, though he himself would have scorned to consider the swinging of legs as motion. Up the Hill and Over On the contrary, many times a week Miss Lavinia administered a tongue-lashing that suggested perpetual motion. Andy the Acrobat It seems to be so continuous, that it might almost pass for an illustration of the vexed problem which conceals the secret of perpetual motion. The Book of Household Management I invented a perpetual motion machine, for making dog biscuits, and you have used it to make your airship go. Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record Then there was Miss B., an independent, good-natured, do-as-I-please sort of a body, who seemed of perpetual motion from morning till night. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe Nor did he neglect his mechanical education meanwhile; for he was always at work upon various devices for inventing a perpetual motion machine. Biographies of Working Men Something like it we may hereafter find possible in certain regions of personal goodness, but no such perpetual motion is possible to things. The Nature of Goodness But I've found out that wickedness isn't stationary, it's got a sort of perpetual motion. Fran It is better than perpetual motion, for it is not only that, but perpetual light and heat. Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record "I have been working for some time at an attempt after a perpetual motion, but, I must confess, more from a metaphysical or logical point of view than a mechanical one." Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood Five sisters, all pretty girls, whose grace arid vivacity I had often admired, were there, each in her rocking-chair, and each swinging to and fro, as though perpetual motion had been discovered. Four Months in a Sneak-Box |
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