He goes on to relate that the wheel, or drum, was 14 feet in diameter and was provided with 40 weights of 50 pounds each, When this wheel was put in motion, it was claimed, so it seems, that as ...

A wheel weighted with swinging mallets. A cylinder rotating in a sealed, water-filled container. A siphon that transfers liquid back in forth in a seemingly endless loop. These may sound like the ...

Fortunately these machines do not exist. One of the most common false perpetual motion machines, demonstrated by Tom Scott in the GIF above, is the "unbalanced wheel." ...