Perpetual motion machine described by the Jesuit

Perpetual motion machine described by the Jesuit Stanislaus Solski circa 1610. Water was pumped from reservoir alternately up the vertical pipes to the upper reservoirs A, B. The small reservoirs C, D were filled from them. E, F are pumps operated by the oscillation of the small reservoirs C, D. Engraving from Theatri Machinarum Hydraulicum by Jacob Leupold (Leipzig, 1774)

1610 1774 Alternately Described Filled Hydraulics Hydro-dynamics Jesuit Leipzig Leupold Machinarum Operated Perpetual Pipes Pumped Pumps Reservoir Reservoirs Stanislaus

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