Mechanical automata of the ancients--Moving tripods--Automata
of Dædalus--Wooden pigeon of Archytas--Automatic
clock of Charlemagne--Automata made by
Turrianus for Charles V.--Camus’s automatic carriage
made for Louis XIV.--Degenne’s mechanical peacock--Vaucanson’s
duck which ate and digested its food--Du
Moulin’s automata--Baron Kempelen’s automaton chess-player--Drawing
and writing automata--Maillardet’s
conjurer--Benefits derived from the passion for automata--Examples
of wonderful machinery for useful purposes--Duncan’s
tambouring machinery--Watt’s statue-turning
machinery--Babbage’s calculating machinery 264