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obtains a patent for raising water " as well from standing water as 

 from running streams, to go perpetually." 



It is quite impossible to note anything like the number of 

 patents found. The examination of the records has not been ex- 

 haustive, yet about a hundred specifications have been discovered, 

 many of which do not appear to have been noticed in any pub- 

 lished literature on the subject. Only a few can be mentioned. 



['I he following patents and machines from other sources were 

 illustrated upon the screen, some being reproduced in the text.] 



Fig II. — Thk Stillard Revkrskd. 

 Harris Patent, No. 624, 1747.' 



1. Gyroscope for magnetic motion, as previously described. 



2. Taisner's magnetic wheel, dated 1579, also mentioned 

 already. 



3. Wilkin's magnetic inclined plane. 



4» Lever gravity wheel, shown in preceding pages. 

 5 and 6. Mercury wheels, as described. 



