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28th September 2013, 08:38 PM #1
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Promotional Gimmick
I would like to take the credit for sharing this, but I can't. It was sent to me by Forum member Crowie.
"The Writer" was made almost 250 years ago by Pierre Jaquet-Droz as a gimmick to promote his Swiss watchmaking business. He made a couple of other machines too, but this was the most complex.
The Writer Automaton
Full credit to Crowie for bringing this to our attention. Absolutely amazing.
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PaulBushmiller;
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28th September 2013, 09:46 PM #2
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Very Impressive.
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29th September 2013, 12:03 AM #3
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Astonishing, how anyone could have the ability to firstly plan and design and then actually build and get the mechanics of it perfect so it worked is beyond me.
CHRIS
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29th September 2013, 06:37 PM #4
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Truly amazing piece of machinery.
How it was thought out and constructed is brilliant, even the boy's eyes follow the writing.
Thanks for that, Bushmiller & Crowie.
Keith.
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29th September 2013, 06:45 PM #5
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Let's see someone make one of those on a CNC machine.
Hugh
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29th September 2013, 08:06 PM #6
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... and it still works 240 years later.
Amazing.
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