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The Queen’s Android
Marie-Antoinette’s dulcimer player, forerunner of the robot.
Date: 1784, Paris, musée des Arts et Métiers
This famous android was a collaborative effort by two Germans. Clockmaker Peter Kintzing created the mechanism and joiner David Roentgen crafted the cabinet; the dress dates from the 19th century. Automatons were in circulation and aroused much curiosity. Roentgen probably sent the tympanum to the French court and Marie-Antoinette bought it in 1784. The queen, aware of its perfection and scientific interest, had it deposited in the Academy of Sciences cabinet in 1785. The tympanum is a musical instrument that plays eight tunes when the female android strikes the 46 strings with two little hammers. Tradition has it that she is a depiction of Marie-Antoinette.
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p sure dark elves is spelled wrong, shouldn’t it be “svartalf”, since svart = black, and all that. scart doesn’t mean anything, apart from that cable you use to connect your tv and your dvd player. there might be scart elves too, though, who am I to judge. they’re prob pretty good at fixing your surround system and setting up your new flat screen.
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EVIL MAN BREAKS THE INTERNET. BREAKS. THE INTERNET. Oh lord these pirated goods…
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The Nightwatch
Surveillance cameras observe a fox exploring the Tudor and Georgian rooms of the National Portrait Gallery at night.
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