An edition of Mécanisme du fluteur automate (1742)

An account of the mechanism of an automaton, or image playing on the German-flute

as it was presented in a memoire, to the gentlemen of the Royal-Academy of Sciences at Paris ... Together with a description of an artificial duck, eating, drinking, macerating the food, and voiding excrements; pluming her wings, picking her feathers, and performing several operations in imitation of a living duck ... as also that of another image, no less wonderful than the first, playing on the tabor and pipe

by Jacques de Vaucanson

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An edition of Mécanisme du fluteur automate (1742)

An account of the mechanism of an automaton, or image playing on the German-flute

as it was presented in a memoire, to the gentlemen of the Royal-Academy of Sciences at Paris ... Together with a description of an artificial duck, eating, drinking, macerating the food, and voiding excrements; pluming her wings, picking her feathers, and performing several operations in imitation of a living duck ... as also that of another image, no less wonderful than the first, playing on the tabor and pipe

by Jacques de Vaucanson

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1742

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Printed by T. Parker, and sold by Mr. Stephen Varillon

Language

English

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1 An account of the mechanism of an automaton, or image playing on the German-flute: as it was presented in a memoire, to the gentlemen of the Royal-Academy of Sciences at Paris ... Together with a description of an artificial duck, eating, drinking, macerating the food, and voiding excrements; pluming her wings, picking her feathers, and performing several operations in imitation of a living duck ... as also that of another image, no less wonderful than the first, playing on the tabor and pipe 1742, Printed by T. Parker, and sold by Mr. Stephen Varillon in English	aaaa Not in Library
2 An account of the mechanism of an automaton, or, image, playing on the German flute: as it was presented in a Memoire, to the gentlemen of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris 1742, Printed by T. Parker and sold by Stephen Varillon ... in English	zzzz Not in Library
3 An account of the mechanism of an automaton, or, Image playing on the German-flute: as was presented in a memoire to the gentlemen of the Royal-Academy of Sciences at Paris 1742, Printed by T. Parker and sold by Mr. Stephen Varillon ... in English	zzzz Not in Library
4 An account of the mechanism of an automaton, or image playing on the German-flute: as it was presented in a memoire, to the gentlemen of the Royal-Academy of Sciences at Paris. By M. Vaucanson, ... Together with a description of an artificial duck, ... Translated out of the French original, by J. T. Desaguliers, ... 1742, printed by T. Parker, and sold by Mr. Stephen Varillon Microform in English	zzzz Not in Library

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Translation of Le Mécanisme du fluteur automate, published 1738.

Published in: London

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Pagination: 24 p. ;
Number of pages: 24

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Open Library: OL19241177M

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An account of the mechanism of an automaton, or image playing on the German-flute

by Jacques de Vaucanson