s a general view of the apparatus with its pair, by means of a snail, in front of the levers, where In the first place, let us speak of the external appear- principal parts. The clockwork movement, consisting it replaces the one that has just been driven forward. ance of these little automatons. At… … snuffboxes in which they are inclosed are deco- the object causes the bird to make its exit Fig. 3.-MECHANICAL BIRD IN A SNUFFBOX. rated in all possible ways, with inlaid enamel and to begin its song. It is here a question work, Japanese designs upon silver and gold, of a curiosity, and no attempt…
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