A system of natural philosophy, designed for the use of schools and academies (1845)
Moffat, J[ohn] M. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, E. C. Biddle · leaf 268
105. M. Kempelen, of Vienna, who distinguished himself bythe construction of an automaton chess-pla}^, which has excitedmuch attention, also devoted his ingenuity to the contrivance of aspeaking machine. He succeeded so far as to produce an instru-ment capable of uttering certain words and short…
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