The Most Ingenious Attempts at Perpetual Motion

Let's talk about some wild attempts at perpetual motion machines! First up, we've got the Beverly Clock, a real trooper running for a whopping 158 years thanks to clever use of temperature changes to keep ticking. Then there's the Crookes Radiometer, spinning away using heat and light like a champ. And don't forget about the Oxford Electric Bell, ringing strong for over 180 years! But here's the thing—true perpetual motion machines? Not gonna happen! See, they'd violate the laws of thermodynamics, which basically means you can't create energy out of thin air. Credit: Crookes tube: D-Kuru, CC BY-SA 2.0 AT https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Kolbenluftpumpe: Hannes Grobe, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Beverly clock inner: Mysterious snapper, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Perpetual motion: Citron, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Radiometer: Nevit Dilmen, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Beverly clock: Mysterious snapper, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... University of Otago: Ulrich Lange, Dunedin, New Zealand, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Electric Bell: DavidCWG, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Oxford-electric-bell: Nicolas1981, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Sir William Crooks: Wellcome Collection gallery, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Crookes radiometer: Andrejdam, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:24... Animation is created by Bright Side. #brightside ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Listen to Bright Side on: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD... Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook -   / brightside   Instagram -   / brightside.official   Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.of... Snapchat -   / 1866144599336960   Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices