Perpetual Motion

Self-Motive Power, also known as Perpetual Motion.

Would-Be Inventors of Self-Motive Power

 * de Honecort, Wilars
 * Zimara, Mark Antony
 * Sinclair, George
 * Sommerset, Edward
 * Capra, A.
 * Orffyreus, Jean-Ernest Eli-Bessler
 * Ferguson, James
 * Haywood, John
 * Varley, Richard
 * Redheffer, Charles
 * Spence, John
 * Kirkpatrick, James
 * Mackintosh, F. S.
 * Vallance, Dixon
 * Denniston, Samuel
 * Congreve, William
 * Banning, Elijah T.
 * Taylor, William
 * Boon, Sanford (Col.)
 * Hendrickson, James G.
 * Hosmer, Harriett
 * Cheney, Leonard
 * Leach, W. L.
 * Wickersham, Jr., Horace
 * Willis, E. P.
 * Birch, John (F Street Hermit)
 * Keely, John Worrell
 * Allen, George F.
 * Ellsworth, J. D.
 * Schultze, Frederick E.
 * Paine, H. M.
 * Jones, Hiram
 * Glassey, William
 * Muller, August
 * Schumacher, Heinrich
 * Vickery, Hezekiah
 * Freuing, Henry (Apple John)
 * Sprague, Peter T.
 * Gary, Wesley W.
 * Pullman, H. S.
 * Oaks, George (Hermit of Latonia)
 * Pielnowski, Albert
 * Oberon, W. S.
 * Hyett, William F.
 * Jennings, David
 * Elliot, Samuel
 * Wells, Mort
 * Hazzard, Frank
 * Russell, Luther
 * Lafevre, J.
 * Cook, George
 * Gamgee, John
 * Garrett, Joshua
 * Evans, David
 * Suiter, Albert
 * Fouchet, Joquima
 * Brown, Charles
 * Tracy, M. T.
 * Forster, R. J.
 * Smith, Herkimer
 * Mielan, G. A.
 * Buie, Robert
 * Crandall, O. K.
 * Furman, George H.
 * Jeffreys, Aaron
 * Logan, Andrew
 * Schroeder, William
 * Auckenplauss, Rudolph
 * Pooch, Henry
 * Cressey, E.
 * Beaman, Aaron
 * Cook, D. M.
 * Waltner, John
 * Hainly, Frank
 * Schirrmeister, Charles
 * Orendorff, John
 * Paillet, Joseph
 * Cornwall, Louis
 * Gray, William H.
 * Schwartz, Zachariah
 * Withers, John E.
 * Stephenson, George
 * Edwards, Joseph
 * Anderson, Elbert J.
 * Parker, Clarence
 * Hanson, Charles H.
 * Robertson, Archibald James
 * Grill, Gottfried
 * Guntle, William
 * Duley, Benjamin
 * De Force, George L.
 * Robillard, Richard
 * Parsons, Jehu (Hermit of Irvington)
 * Talliaferro, Ellbeck Hunter
 * Stanley, Christopher
 * McNabb, Bill
 * Jones, R. J.
 * Breitenmoser, J.
 * Vandegrift, E. T.
 * Gouley, John L.
 * Jones, R. J.
 * Massey, Harvey
 * Bisbing, Thomas
 * Crepeau, H. T.
 * Carnes, Charley
 * Buechner, Louis
 * Unthank, William Stanley
 * Snowden, John
 * Mattox, P. C.
 * Dibble, H. D.
 * Cunningham, W. J.
 * Mills, Jacob
 * Meinhart, Barber
 * Mills, Hannibal G.
 * Grubers, Joseph
 * Libbey, Hosea W.
 * Luna, Alejandro
 * Hanson, Erasmus
 * Campbell, William C.
 * Quisenberry, William
 * Page, Herman
 * Conday, Joseph
 * Burrows, J. H.
 * Heine, Charles
 * de la Torre, Antonio
 * Haile, J. T.
 * Rickles, Louis
 * Gottworth, Henry
 * Timmis, William
 * Vanmossler, John
 * Powell, Robert
 * Yandell, J. E.
 * Brennan, Isaac
 * McCarthy, Richard
 * Patrano, Michael
 * Keeler, Martin
 * Harris, Bijah
 * Finglass, Benjamin
 * von Holtschuherr, Otto
 * Letter, Ben
 * Aldrich, J. M.
 * Henry, E.
 * Whitmore, Reuben A. (Catoctin Hermit)
 * Owens, W. G.
 * Ericson, Morton F.
 * Gladish, W. J.
 * Kaller, J. G.
 * Fall, Samuel P. (Hermit of East Lebanon)
 * Mahoney, Tim
 * Brambel, Grant (Wizard of Sleepy Eye)
 * Tripler, Charles
 * Johnson, Emil
 * Pope, Anderson
 * Howard, Charles (Hermit of Okefenokee Swamp)
 * Brown, James
 * Webster, George
 * Ormsby, Joseph H.
 * Rose, Herbert
 * Otto, Francis Henry (Perpetual Motion Otto)
 * Haller, James
 * Dean, Harry Burness
 * Shannon, Jere
 * Kelley, Patrick
 * Doyle, William H.
 * Herford, William
 * Grimes, J. S.
 * Barrett, Harry
 * DeWitt, Charles N.
 * Elliott, Peter O.
 * Zeigler, D. G.
 * Place, James E.
 * Bunch, John W.
 * Russell, E. F.
 * Pegram, George
 * Ferry, James
 * Sahlenberg, Carl August
 * Glenn, T. L.
 * Sweet, C. N.
 * Uniapon, David
 * Knoerl, John
 * Webber, Charles J.
 * Scott, J. O.
 * Tuch, Christian Carl
 * McMahon, Frank
 * Saunders, W. L.
 * Maycock, A. H.
 * Perrigo, Harry E.
 * Markwood, Alfred Taylor
 * Kirk, John R.
 * Stritzen, John
 * Grossman, Karl
 * Larson, Hans August
 * Hodges, Noel
 * Gernand, Andrew
 * Hitchcock, Stanley J.
 * Herr, Chris F.
 * Rogers, Charles
 * Raymond, H. B.
 * Ackerland, Erick
 * Canion, W. G.
 * Banks, L. R.
 * Blades, Joe D.
 * Blanchette, Elie
 * Freer, Charles H.
 * Florio, Virginio
 * Kennedy, James W.
 * Bevins, George
 * Bryner, Carl
 * Laney, James
 * Fletcher, Ambrose
 * Raes, Joseph
 * Ulram, Richard
 * Kilpatrick, Elbert C.
 * Giragossian, Garabed T. K.
 * Merrill, Floyd B. (a.k.a. Burke, James)
 * Hoffman, C. J.
 * Garbe, W. F.
 * Coleman, D. W.
 * Storm, Nathan
 * Davis, Riley
 * Brown, Homer D.
 * Wolfe, Charles J.
 * Lingelbach, Arthur C.
 * Bartlett, Reed
 * Sparks, J. G.
 * Ivanoff, Peter Mollow
 * Vick, Lawrence
 * McGill, Eustace
 * Spurlock, Charles E.
 * Parella, Antonio
 * Grande, Otto
 * Webb, John O.
 * von Platen, Baltzar
 * Burke, Arnold
 * Newman, Joseph Wesley