Brewster, David, Sir, 1781-1868, Smith, James Alexander · London, Chatto · leaf 352
ON CHESS-PLAYER. a pipe is ingeniously placed in the automaton's hand. For this reason the pipe is not removed till all the other arrangements are completed. When everything has been thus prepared, the pipe is taken from the figure, and the exhibitor winds up as it were the inclosed machinery, for… … This ingenious explanation of the chess automaton is, our author states, greatly confirmed by the regular and undeviating mode of disclosing the interior of the chest ; and he also shows that the facts which have been observed respecting the winding-up of the machine " afford positive proof that…
Magic · Scientific recreations
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