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Maillardet’s Automaton

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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The Automaton of Mayar Myarde

A clock repair shop in santa fe, new mexico makes automatons. They wind up machines of clock parts and are often in the form of people or animals. And they help attract audiences and drum up business for the watchmakers. But this one is an absolute quantum leap above the rest. The boy has drawn cupid shooting his bow and arrow, a pagoda in china, a sailing ship,. At the end, he signs his name, written by the automaton of mayar myarde.

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