Memoirs of the most eminent American mechanics : also, lives of distinguished European mechanics : together with a collection of anecdotes ... relating to the mechanic arts : illustrated by fifty engravings (1852)
Howe, Henry, 1816-1893, New York Museum of Science and Industry. Library · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 476
this disorder—O del!—has come on suddenly. But the king is coming. Let him go back again! But what shall I say to him ? Teh1 him—mon Dieu!—the Automaton has a sore throat. Can you jest at such a moment? Consider the money I havereceived, and that we shall have the saloon full. Well, Mynheer… … CHINESE IRRIGATION WHEEL. DESCRIPTIONS, ETC. 469 The case was urgent, and the means of restoration to health,however desperate, must be adopted. With a heavy sigh, Mael-zel told down the cash ; and never had the Automaton played withso much inward unction as he did that morning. The king declin-ed…
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