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By Donald E. Simanek
Cranks keep the wheels turning.
   —Charles Fort
Perpetual motion machine inventors do have principles. Unfortunately the physical principles they assume are often ones not obeyed by nature. Let's examine just a few.
  1. The principle of unlimited possibility. Anything is possible in nature.
  2. The "heavier on one side" seduction.
  3. The "more weight on one side" distraction.
  4. The "unbalanced torque" deception.
  5. The cyclic disappointment.
  6. The elastic/inelastic dilemma.
  7. Failure to isolate the system.
  8. The static/dynamic trap.
  9. The apples/oranges equation.
  10. The artistic illusion.
  11. Experimental "gotchas".
  12. The "dog chasing its tail" principle.
  13. Reinventing the square wheel.
Pierre Richard (Engineer, Paris), 1858,
British patent No. 1870.
Dircks (1861), p. 482.
John Haywood (Br. mechanic), 1790,
British patent No. 1750.
Dircks (1861) p. 66.
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