Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams
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Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams
Essential viewing for anyone interested in automata and their history, Professor Simon Schaffer's [xurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... rk_Dreams/]Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams[/url]
Superb - catch it while it's still on iPlayer.
Superb - catch it while it's still on iPlayer.
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Re: Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams
Yes I watched it a couple of days ago, fantastic programme. I've a suspicion that Stuart was really inside the chess playing Turk!
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Re: Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams
Superb programme, recommended viewing even if you're not into them.
I dread to think what Stuart is planning in his shed right now.
I dread to think what Stuart is planning in his shed right now.
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Re: Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams
Working on this!!!badpenny wrote:I dread to think what Stuart is planning in his shed right now.
It is just like the real thing........ .
You give it instructions and it goes off and does what ever it likes.
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Re: Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams
Dearly Beloved's sister, Dearly Feared.
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Re: Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams
Yes it is true I have another already but it wont take pre-decimal coinsbadpenny wrote:Fantastic ........... thought you already had one?
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Re: Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams
Is that the Yiddish one you were talking about?coppinpr wrote:I have an earlier model but the payout has never worked,
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Re: Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams
That's a very early model. State of the art has advanced somewhat lately - here's one I picked up recently at an auction in Stepford for not much money. It was slightly damaged and I had to have it re-faced.
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