![]() ![]() Upon this table was placed a carriage, six inches A table,Ībout four feet square, was introduced, into the room appropriated for the exhibition. Camus for the amusement of Louis XIV when a child. Mentioned, as having beyond doubt existed, firstly, the coach invented by M. In Brewster's Letters on Natural Magic, we have an account of the most remarkable. Grossly absurd to compare with the Chess-Player, any similar thing of either modern or ancient days. And such it would undoubtedly be, were they right in their supposition. Pure machine, unconnected with human agency in its movements, and consequently, beyond all comparison, the most astonishing of Of mechanical genius, of great general acuteness, and discriminative understanding, who make no scruple in pronouncing the Automaton a Nothing has been written on this topic which can be considered as decisive - and accordingly we find every where men Yet the question of its modus operandi is still It has been an object of intense curiosity, to all persons who think. Perhaps no exhibition of the kind has ever elicited so general attention as the Chess-Player of Maelzel. Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana - Greek Biography C2nd A.D.Ī complete bibliography of the translations quoted on this page.MAELZEL’S CHESS-PLAYER. ![]()
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