Perpetual motion machine? No! the 'Rolling Ball Clock '

[JohnSmith18989]

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[JRBeaman]

Very nice machine.

Thanks for sharing.

[HappyJackProduction1]

That pretty cool

[Superman83271]

Is it perpetual or isn't it? It's so hard to tell. It can't be. But that ball, how it rolls like that. It seems kind of perpetual doesn't it? Shoot, man it can't be though. Except what about how the plate just lifts itself up at the end? And then the ball rolls back. Wow it must be perpetual. It has to be because when the ball gets to the end the plate tilts again, and the ball rolls back. Why would it ever stop? GENIUS GENIUS it's perpetual. Except what about the spring? Brother, never mind.

[TriFortitude123]

When I went to the British museum and saw it! I spent a lot of the day in that one spot! Thanks for making this video!

[FatPappyChaw]

Well all I have to say is cool clock...and fuck the scientific community

[JRBeaman]

@FatPappyChaw The true scientific community would understand and still applaud at such a novel setup.

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

a cat sees that, it plays with it XD

[rweerakkody4565]

well, whatever it does, its cute and i surely love to have one lying around the house. tnx for posting this interesting piece! =)

[MuleXC09]

@lookaaaa stop arguing with wrong people from the internet and post more cool videos!

[garuga0777]

ive made a pmm, using magic

[flintloveless]

Everyone gets angry but I think it's beautiful. Think of all the excitement people get from the search for perpetual motion and the strange sense that it's discovery is right around the corner. Filtering through the fake videos is half the fun. Not to mention the discovery of perpetual motion might open up some kind of intergalactic wurmhole or some shit we want nothing to do with. Come to think of it, it's study should be banned and made illegal, punishable by death. ;)

[tubetheuns]

What scientist would actually take time to vie a PPM - they don't exist do they? I like this...

[LiamXaoh]

Perpetual motion machines are possible, they just take forever to make.

[senoja1986]

@LiamXaoh lol just well done for that lol

[CriticCafeteria]

so you decided to lie to people to gain the interest of the science community. You sir are nothing more than a liar and a theif, you've lied to get veiws and you've stolen my time. your pretty pathetic you know that?

[lookaaaa]

@CriticCafeteria .... your comment is pathetic, as much as those 'fake' comments you find everywhere in youtube. Whatever, get a life.

[CriticCafeteria]

@lookaaaa

my god...you used what i said and said it right back to me! goodness how ever shall i recover from such a blow to my mental psyche. you lied to get people to see your video, your just a lying piece of trash.

[lookaaaa]

@CriticCafeteria as already said, whatever.

[tagi3d]

@CriticCafeteria mmm... anyone with a clue in the sciene community would know that..."There is undisputed scientific consensus that perpetual motion would violate either the first law of thermodynamics, the second law of thermodynamics, or both." Therefore only non sceintific community would be tricked to watch the video.

[pinkistoughjj]

So why isn't this perpetual motion? Just wondering.

[lookaaaa]

@pinkistoughjj Hahahah, d'you know that you are gonna get absolutely LOADS of very angry replies? Thumb up for you :)

[pinkistoughjj]

@lookaaaa

Lol yep!

[Dannywills666]

@pinkistoughjj Unfortunately this clock cannot be called a perpetual motion machine. It has a source of energy, a coiled steel spring. The spring is encased in a brass barrel and is part of the movement of the clock, which is located above the rolling ball. Every time the ball hits the lever at the end of the track, the spring powers the movement to raise that end of the platter, thus lifting the ball and causing it to roll back again

[offthericta]

@pinkistoughjj It's consuming more power than it puts out. It is a clock that winds up and the spring is supplying the power. When the spring unwinds, the 'perpetual' stops.

[barutjeh]

@pinkistoughjj GRRR *foams in the mouth*

No, but seriously, it's not perpetual motion because, as explained in the comments, the energy it takes to tilt the plate once the ball reaches the end comes from a coiled spring, which is wound up by a person, who in that way provides the energy to run the clock. Since it also says he only needs to wind it up once a week, it does seem pretty efficient though.

[FarceTheory]

Wow a very elaborate pendulum!

[sjltcc]

This is a Congreave rolling ball clock. They were made in the early 19th century. Thwaites and Reed of London made 100 of them in the early 1970's.

[darcyrox11]

My great grandpa did a pretty good job at inventing it didnt he!!!! yes i am a member of the congreve family!!!

[reviathon360]

balls.

[dodgedart74]

time isnt external, remember that

[MoonMankkkkkk]

Go die in a ditch. Kantians aren't welcome here.

[dodgedart74]

its cool, you'll never be as smart or as strong as i,

[leerman22]

P.S. add an annotion to the corner of the vid saying READ THE FUCKEN VIDEO DESCRIPTION

[Acatzin55]

huu really??

[clyrenternal]

gay... this isn't a perpetual motion machine

1/5

[Gomka1000]

No shit, read the fucking description!

[clyrenternal]

LMAO

you knob

[Gomka1000]

Why am I the knob?

[anim8media]

lookaaaa, thanks for the vid.... never have seen this before. very interesting. oh, and sorry for the harsh words to dumalucky. I just could'nt let that b.s. go un- commented on. thanks again.

[TheMaximumoverload]

The Fort Lauderdale Museum has one 3 stories high I think they said. Theirs only 3 that size in the world.

Good vid

[fronkenpoop]

That's quite an amazing machine which looks beautifully crafted - thanks for the video. Although, I cant see how it could be particularly accurate if the mechanism was exposed to dust and contaminants etc.

[lookaaaa]

Hey guys this is a video of a freaking clock, not a political discussion.

[lookaaaa]

First of all:

your = belonging to you

you're = you are.

Can you see the difference? This is just to be clear.

Then, not very much to say. Just that the titles are there in big at the top of the page to be read.

[dumalucky]

Oh come on! Its wound up like any traditional clock! rubbish perpetual motion my ass..

[lookaaaa]

Did you read the title thoroughly before posting idiotic comments?

[dumalucky]

your the idiot, as if I would write that if I had bothered to read all the title.. Why mess with posts about Perpetual motion, when all you have is a clock

[Lambert0000]

dumalucky, are you retard or what? Perhaps stupid right?

[dumalucky]

Listen Lambretta boy, Its no big deal is it? Is this all you have to do with your life? Show people a clock that is not a perpetual motion machine! Wow! Its very pritty.. and it goes 'tick toc'

[Lambert0000]

Listen Pot Noodle eater - no, it's not a big deal. But at least be proud of what a compatriot of yours invented.

Second reason why I think you ain't intelligent

[dumalucky]

You think I can ever be proud of My country again!!! after they follow the scumbag USA into war killing over a MILLION people and also supporting the genocide in Gazza!! Look at your own Country! But at Least Cossiga told the truth about operation Gladio and 9/11 before he died. I give him respect for that!.

[anim8media]

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[REV3ERSIBLESWEAT3R]

Did anyone else see the whole thing???

I like the part where the ball goes up and down the tray thing!!!

[BurnoutSmoke]

awesome

[zstarch]

There is a congreve clock on ebay now.

[huts68]

Nothing is 'perpetual'.

[JUNIORROTAX55]

how about time? yeah thats what i thought

[huts68]

Time? Nope. Not even that.

[supersandor]

Yes time, it's looking very unlikely that there will be a big crunch or a big rip so it seems time will continue forever. Unless you're one of those people who believes the rest of the universe will come to a grinding halt when you die. Even Christians believe in eternity and it's so hard to get them to be reasonable.

And people, the author isn't claiming this to be perpetual motion. He says "perpetual motion? No! The rolling ball clock." That means he doesn't need you to say "it's not a PMM!"

[zee339]

time won't end in your lifetime, doesn't mean it won't end sometime in the future. Eternity and perpetuity are human concepts, like perfection and infinity.

[supersandor]

Hence my use of the words "looking very unlikely", and "so it seems".

[imajacktheripper]

thats true

[belgvr]

i'm perpetual... what do u think?? :D

[Tidfall1]

I think not.

[skipweasel]

lookaaa - search for "congreve clock" - there are several for sale on eBay, for a start.

[sternoburns]

I read about a clock similar to this one. It may be a congraves clock.

[musback]

lol, this isn't perpetual motion!

why on earth would it "click" at the end, rising the ball 10 Cm!? you can't do this without adding extra energy...

it's like any other clock, just nicely hidden mechanics

[lookaaaa]

Please, check better what I wrote in the description, and you will understand that your comment is pretty useless.

[JUNIORROTAX55]

yeah he just has to look at the f***ing title haha what a dumbass

[musback]

just check through the other comments.

Why is my commment useless for just empowering the statement of the title, it is correct what I claim. Oh yes, and why do you call me a dumbass? you don't know me, and I don't (want to) know you! damn such anger and useless name-calling on youtube... But I should know better than staring a discussion with an internet-retard, so maybe yes i'm a dumbass.

[richcsst]

Not perpetual motion. The energy required to merely move the table in the opposite direction for the ball to move is much more than the ball itself is generating. That table must weigh more than the ball. It's obvious this is a motor driven mechanism. That motor could either be a spring based or electric based. The ball is simply a substitute for a pendulum, not a means of its power.

[latinpapi1]

I was at the musium yesterday and i immediatly fell in love with this clock. I would be very interrested in purchasing a replica in the futre but i can't find a website that even mentions it!

[lookaaaa]

that's true, I could not find anything online. The only infos available are at the British Museum website. Why don't you build one? :)))

[latinpapi1]

That would require me to go all the way to london to take loaaads of pictures for what i need, plus i dont really now how clocks work.

Guess it would be a nice hobby

[latinpapi1]

Better yet, pay a clock maker to build 1

[ddanvos68]

It never has to be reset?, or doesnt need external power? batterys?. Id say this is true perpetual motion if this indeed the case.