Evans, Henry Ridgely, b. 1861 · Chicago : The Open court Pub. Co.; [etc., etc.] · leaf 149
THE OLD AND THE NEW MAGIC Maelzel was the inventor of the Metronome (1815), a pieceof mechanism known to all instructors of music: the automatonTrumpeter (1808), and the Pan-Harmonicum (1805). He hada strange career as the/exhibitor of the Chess Player. Aftershowing the automaton in various cities… … The Automaton Chess Player. ceeded in buying back the Chess Player from its royal owner.He went to Paris with it in 1817 and 1818, afterwards toLondon, meeting everywhere with success. In 1826 he broughtit to America. The Chess Player excited the greatest interestthroughout the United States. Noted…
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