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JOHN KEELY’S MARVELLOUS MACHINES

Some inventions – such as the printing press, the television set and the smart phone – have literally changed the world we live in.

But what about the independent flywheel, the Globe Motor, the dissipating engine, the multiplicator, the automatic water lift and the hydro-pneumatic-pulsating-vacuo engine? These devices,

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