The Writer automaton - GIF
The Writer is a clockwork automaton capable of writing words and sentences of up to 40 characters. It is one of three automata built by the Swiss watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz, his son Henri-Louis, and Jean-Frédéric Leschot in the 1770s.
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More:
https://www.jaquet-droz.tv/video/930...re-jaquet-droz
Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...081#post130035
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...077#post130025
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3165#post98278
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3577#post99487
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3559#post99438