Unpublished letter, on a scheme for perpetual motion from anonymous author to unknown recipient
Reference number: AP/5/5
Date: 13 November 1784
Description
The author describes his proposed scheme for a perpetual motion machine and the way in which to construct it. The author wished to remain anonymous until such time as his machine is deemed a success. Includes a diagram within the text.
Subject: Physics
Written in London.
- Reference number
- AP/5/5
- Earliest possible date
- 13 November 1784
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Unpublished letter, on a scheme for perpetual motion from anonymous author to unknown recipient, 13 November 1784, AP/5/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_5_5/unpublished-letter-on-a-scheme-for-perpetual-motion-from-anonymous-author-to-unknown-recipient, accessed on 08 February 2026
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Archived papers: volume 5, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1779-1787
1781-1788 Reference number: AP/5
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