A well engineered and presented cutaway model of a 'Perpetual motion machine' the original being a cylinder of water containing floats connected to external weights, the model with spoked flywheel, drum, and shaft mounted on two turned columns on metal bed, on round wood plinth finished in grey, red, blue and polished brightwork. Built by G Dimelow -- 6¾in high
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A well engineered and presented cutaway model of a 'Perpetual motion machine' the original being a cylinder of water containing floats connected to external weights, the model with spoked flywheel, drum, and shaft mounted on two turned columns on metal bed, on round wood plinth finished in grey, red, blue and polished brightwork. Built by G Dimelow -- 6¾in high
Lot Essay
cf. Perpetual Motion The History of an Obsession by A.W.J.G. Ord - Hume p. 104