19 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
A System Cannot Return to Its Original State Left to Itself
Since a given system can never of its own accord go over into another equally probable state but into a more probable one, it is likewise impossible to construct a system of bodies that after traversing various states returns periodically to its original state, that is a perpetual motion machine.Folksonomies: thermodynamics
Folksonomies: thermodynamics
To do so would create a perpetual motion machine.