Thomas Jefferson Papers

Enclosure: Drawing of Charles Redheffer’s Perpetual-Motion Machine, [ca. 30 November 1812]

Enclosure

Drawing of Charles Redheffer’s Perpetual Motion Machine

MS (MHi); ink-and-wash drawing in an unidentified hand; undated.

A photograph of an extant contemporary model of this machine is reproduced elsewhere in this volume.

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