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From: Stephan A. Schwartz <saschwartz@earthlink.net>
List Editor: H-SHEAR Editor Peter Knupfer <repub@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Editor's Subject: automatons
Author's Subject: Re: [Fwd: Research Queries]
Date Written: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 21:28:51 -0800
Date Posted: Thu, 04 Nov 2009 10:21:42 -0500

 > 2)  In eighteenth-century Europe, there was significant interest in
 > automatons (automata), e.g, von Kempelen’s mechanical chess player.
 > Does anyone know of any exhibitions of an automaton in eighteenth-
 > century America?

I don't know of a formal display, but Benjamin Franklin's house in
Philadelphia had several on display for visitors.

-- Stephan


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