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Mechanics: Discovering Perpetual Motion (in a Wife's Tongue)', c 1830s

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Mechanics: Discovering Perpetual Motion (in a Wife's Tongue)', c 1830s
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Mechanics: Discovering Perpetual Motion (in a Wife's Tongue)', c 1830s. Etching by Theodore Lane showing a wife shouting at her husband who has been spending all his time experimenting with perpetual motion. William Martin (1772-1851) caused the collapse of the Newtonian system of philosophy by demonstrating perpetual motion; a discovery that the cartoon jokingly suggests was unnecessary as women's nagging tongues had already proved the concept. Martin was a highly individual character and in 1814 founded the Martinian Society in opposition to the Royal Society. His published works include: 'W M's Challenge to the whole Terrestrial Globe' (1829). ©SSPL/Science Museum

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