Be sure to watch some of the videos of it in operation on Youtube. Jim Nichol
On Dec 27, 2011, at 11:27 PM, Greg Bogantz wrote: > Congratulations, Andy, on getting this priceless piece of history restored > to full functionality. That must have been a privelege as well as great fun > to do. What a wonderful challenge in trying to figure out what each piece of > the mechanism did. I'm constantly amazed at the delicacy and precision of > mechanisms such as watches and timepieces that were made hundreds of years > ago. I have often wondered how these precision mechs were even made so many > years ago before the availability of modern materials and processes. I'm > always fascinated by this stuff. Thanks for the link. > > Greg Bogantz > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Baron" <a...@popyrus.com> > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 11:00 PM > Subject: [Phono-L] OT: clockwork automaton article in NY Times today > > >> For those phonograph enthusiasts whose interests extend into other >> mechanical realms, Today's edition of the New York Times (Science Times >> section) ran an article about the drawing/writing automaton that restored >> for Philadelphia's Franklin Institute Science Museum. >> >> Here's the link: >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/science/maillardet-automaton-inspired-martin-scorseses-film-hugo.html?_r=2&seid=auto&smid=tw-nytimes&pagewanted=all >> >> Best to all, >> Andrew Baron >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
