Automaton are self-operating mechanical dolls or figures. Typically created with very complicated clockwork mechanisms and are designed to do a particular task, like dance, play a game or write a poem. One of the most famous automaton was Jacques de Vaucanson's Digesting Duck built in 1739, but lost in a fire in 1879. The duck appeared to eat feed, digest its food and to then proceed to defecate. - AsNotedIn
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| Draughtsman-Writer (Automaton) | Automaton | ||
| Edison's Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life | Book |
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| Hugo | Film |
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| Peacock Clock | Automaton | ||
| Peril at End House (book) | Novel |
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| Silver Swan | Automaton | ||
| Table Fountain | Automaton |
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| The Invention of Hugo Cabret (book) | Book |
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| Franklin Institute Science Museum |
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Philadelphia, PA |