Hey guys, welcome to another post. Today I'm talking about my Automaton tinker lab.
Did you know that Automaton stands for "self moving?" Automatons have been around for many years, like the "Jack-in-a-Box." Whenever you turn the crank, you can hear a clicking sound in the box. That's the sound of the turning gears and cams. After a certain time, the jack will pop out! That's the work of an automaton genius! Let's see some more Automatons.
HANDWASHING AUTOMATON
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The hand-washing automaton was made in 1206 by a man named Al Jazari. The automaton looked like a woman beside a basin of water. If you switched it on, the basin would empty out all the water and the woman would refill it with a water pitcher. Do you know how Al made the basin empty out the water? He made a flush mechanism just like the mechanism in our modern toilets. Al Jazari was a genius! |
| This is the flush mechanism for the automatons. |
THE PLEASURE GARDEN
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In the 1200's, Robert II, added a place to his castle known as "The Pleasure Garden." There were many automatons, like monkey marionettes, a self-playing organ, mechanical birds, and many more things. The pleasure garden lasted until the 15th century before the English army destroyed it. If it survived until today, what do you think it would be like?
DA VINCI'S MECHANICAL KNIGHT
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In 1495, Da Vinci had made a mechanical knight. The knight had a suit of armor hiding a complex set of cogs, cams, pulleys, and other things. It could stand up, sit down, and move it's head. Cool!! Da Vinci was a genius!
THE DIGESTING DUCK
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The Digesting Duck was made in 1739, by a man named Jacques de Vaucanson. Somehow the duck was designed to eat pieces of grain and somehow defecate it. ( Gross!) Voltaire, a famous writer once said...."Without the duck of Vaucanson, You
would have nothing to remind you of
the glory of France."
...France is definitely inventive, perhaps glorious too.
Thank you Vaucanson!
MECHANICAL TURK
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The Mechanical Turk was made in 1769, by a person named Kempelen. (Last name unknown.) It was a chess playing master and amazed crowds with it's chess skills. Later in the 19th century, people found out it wasn't an automaton at all! The Turk was just a machine operated by a chess master hiding inside it! In 1850, it was destroyed in a fire.
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| This is a recreation of the Turk. It was designed so someone could sit under the table to play chess. TURK JERK! |
THE CUCKOO CLOCK
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No one knows when the first cuckoo clock was made. Cuckoo clocks had an automaton bird in the clock that would move and/or flap it wings and sing on the hour. It must have been very complex clockwork. No one knows when the tweeting timepiece was invented. I always wanted my own cuckoo clock.
People still make and celebrate automatons today, like dragon automatons having tea! I think it's weird. Which automaton is your favorite?
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I hope you liked this post where I talked about different automatons. If you did, please like and comment. In the next post I'll talk about my automaton blueprint. Bye guys! <3
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