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More cases of ancient Chinese automatons listed here: http:// | More cases of ancient Chinese automatons listed here: http:// | ||
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**Philo of Byzantium**: | **Philo of Byzantium**: | ||
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**Hero of Alexandria** (known as Michanikos, the Machine Man) wrote "On Automatic Theaters, On Pneumatics, and on Mechanics, probably a continuation of Philo of Byzantium' | **Hero of Alexandria** (known as Michanikos, the Machine Man) wrote "On Automatic Theaters, On Pneumatics, and on Mechanics, probably a continuation of Philo of Byzantium' | ||
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**Petronius** the Roman writer, refers to a silver doll which could move like a human being. | **Petronius** the Roman writer, refers to a silver doll which could move like a human being. | ||
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**[[Al Jazari]]** wrote "The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices" | **[[Al Jazari]]** wrote "The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices" | ||
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* http:// | * http:// | ||
- | **Johannes Müller von Königsberg** or " | + | **Johannes Müller von Königsberg** or " |
* A Wooden eagle which "flew forth" out of Nuremberg and met Emperor Maximilian, saluted him and flew home. | * A Wooden eagle which "flew forth" out of Nuremberg and met Emperor Maximilian, saluted him and flew home. | ||
* An iron fly: | * An iron fly: | ||
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======Era of the coiled spring and clockwork====== | ======Era of the coiled spring and clockwork====== | ||
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+ | **Prague Orloj Astronomical clock**: Built by clockmaker Mikuláš of Kadaň and Jan Šindel in 1410: | ||
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+ | =====16th Century===== | ||
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+ | **Pierre Jaquet-Droz** Built many intricate automatons, which could write on paper. These can now be seen at the [[http:// | ||
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======Era of electricity====== | ======Era of electricity====== |