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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: net.misc,net.physics,net.sci
Subject: Re: Perpetual Motion Machine (Honest!)
Message-ID: <300@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 15:52:43 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 25 15:52:43 1985
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Summary: 

In article <135@tekfdi.UUCP> rick@tekfdi.UUCP (Rick Wilson) writes:
>
>One little magnet you pull off the bottom of a lady bug that's holding
>a shopping list to your refrigerator door will pick up a hell of a lot
>of nails (one at a time) before it wears out.

That little magnet won't pick up _any_ nails.  It will attract a  nail  and
probably  hold  its  weight  if  brought  into direct contact.  Any lifting
energy comes from an outside source (e.g.: your hand and arm).

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