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Jaquet-Droz Writer Automaton
By Lester Wolff

Thought this might be of interest to the MMD viewers.  Built in
Switzerland 249 years ago by Swiss clock maker Pierre Jaquet-Droz.

  http://www.chonday.com/Videos/the-writer-automaton 
  The Writer Automaton
  Video by BBC and lesterfontayne

Quite intriguing!  Wow!  What craftsmanship!

Lester Wolff

 [ MMDigest articles about this subject are indexed at
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 [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/KWIC/A/automatons.html  -- Robbie

(Message sent Tue 17 Sep 2013, 12:25:08 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject: Automaton, Jaquet-Droz, Writer

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