Possibilities of The Impossible

in the early evening on Wednesday, the 30th of July 2008 by Chad

In 1712, a mysterious stranger stepped into the quiet town of Gera, Germany. The man brought a peculiar machine: a thick wooden wheel, about three feet in diameter, covered in an oiled leather blanket. Through the wrapping emerged a massive axle on which a strong rope was wound. The stranger invited the town’s people to watch the greatest wonder they have ever seen. The man’s name was Orffyreus, and the machine he introduced marked the beginning of one of science’s most fascinating stories.

The story of a perpetual motion machine. Hard to believe, but many of the top scientific minds of the time were baffled.

Remember: This is not a true zero gravity perpetual motion machine that works in a vacuum. This device merely has to take more energy from it’s environment (gravity, heat, etc) than it expends to keep turning.