Subscribe for more videos (and click the bell for notifications): null Among the artifacts housed at The Royal Society is a curious device purporting to be a perpetual motion machine. The creation of the late British scientist and author David Jones (aka Daedalus), the secret of how this machine gives the illusion of perpetual motion has yet to be revealed. Archivist Virginia Mills shares the backstory of this mystery and Adam takes a crack at uncovering how this implausible invention actually works! Thanks to Brady Haran for bringing us to The Royal Society! You can find his Objectivity videos at null Learn more about this machine at https://royalsociety.org/blog/2018/09/perpetual-motion/ Shot and edited by Joey Fameli Music by Jinglepunks Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks: null Subscribe for more videos (and click the bell for notifications): null Tested and Adam Savage Ts, stickers, (de) merit badges and more: https://tested-store.com/ About Tested: https://www.tested.com/about Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/testedcom Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/testedcom Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/testedcom/ Discord: https://www.discord.gg/tested Amazon Storefront: http://www.amazon.com/shop/adamsavagestested Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman Thanks for watching! #adamsavage