Can a Magnetic Generator Be Called a Perpetual Motion Machine?
A Perpetual Motion machine is a device that produces energy from nothing but such a device would violate the first law of conservation of energy. The mere suggestion that it is possible to power our homes using a magnetic generator has grabbed popular attention and is now one of the hottest alternative energy products on the Web. There have been many attempts over the years to demonstrate that a perpetual machine is possible. • In 1150 Baskara who was an Indian mathematician and astronomer described a wheel that would run forever. • In 1235 a French Master Builder Villard de Honnecourt left a series of drawings on parchment and one of these was a sketch of a perpetual motion machine. • In 1670 the Bishop of Chester, John Wilkins showed that “Magnetical Virtues” was one of three possible sources of energy for a perpetual motion machine. Gradually over time the term perpetual energy became associated with scams and fraudulent schemes and so inventors began to use different names to descr
