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Image 1 — Inside a fully operational wind-up friar from the mid 1500s. The 16 inch automaton walks, beats its chest, raises a rosary to its lips, shifts its eyes, opens its mouth, and turns its head.

Image 2 — Inside a fully operational wind-up friar from the mid 1500s. The 16 inch automaton walks, beats its chest, raises a rosary to its lips, shifts its eyes, opens its mouth, and turns its head.

Image 3 — Inside a fully operational wind-up friar from the mid 1500s. The 16 inch automaton walks, beats its chest, raises a rosary to its lips, shifts its eyes, opens its mouth, and turns its head.

Image 4 — Inside a fully operational wind-up friar from the mid 1500s. The 16 inch automaton walks, beats its chest, raises a rosary to its lips, shifts its eyes, opens its mouth, and turns its head.

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Inside a fully operational wind-up friar from the mid 1500s. The 16 inch automaton walks, beats its chest, raises a rosary to its lips, shifts its eyes, opens its mouth, and turns its head.

u/pattebrisee — 2 days ago

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An Automaton of a Preaching Monk Built in 1560. Munich, Germany - 2022-10-12

An automaton of a preaching monk built in 1560. He would roll around a surface, hands and head moving, with his feet imitating walking. Taken in the Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany - 2022-10-12

u/East_Of_Anywhere — 10 days ago

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The trumpet playing automaton from 1810 at the Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany - 2022-10-12

u/East_Of_Anywhere — 10 days ago