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Very Old Spanish Friar Automaton at the Smithsonian

Posted by Jeanne Marino on January 7, 2012 at 2:00am

Have you read the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret? If so you know all about the magic of automatons. Here is a picture of one of the oldest automatons in existence. It is of a monk that moves when wound up.

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