In thus rising,
it will carry the upper weight away from the center and
bring the lower end toward the center so that it is thought the center
of gravity of cylinder arms, corks, and metallic balls will be kept
constantly on one side of a geometrical center, and constant
revolution will result. The fact is, however, that the center of
gravity will remain always in a perpendicular drawn through the axis,
and, consequently, the expectations of the inventor were never
realized.