Any restoration of mechanical energy, without more than an equivalent of dissipation, is impossible in inanimate material processes, and is probably never effected by means of organized matter, either endowed with vegetable life, or subjected to the will of an animated creature.


Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (April 1852)

William Thomson Quotes

Any restoration of mechanical energy, without more than an equivalent of dissipation, is impossible in inanimate material processes, and is probably...

Any restoration of mechanical energy, without more than an equivalent of dissipation, is impossible in inanimate material processes, and is probably...

Any restoration of mechanical energy, without more than an equivalent of dissipation, is impossible in inanimate material processes, and is probably...

Any restoration of mechanical energy, without more than an equivalent of dissipation, is impossible in inanimate material processes, and is probably...