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Friday, November 28, 2008

Fantastic disembodied smoking head automaton

Here's a short video of a fantastic disembodied head automaton that smokes!

From the video description:
A clockwork head that moves its glass eyes and smokes either a pipe or cigar. The head is made of papier mache and wood. The original wooden box contained envelopes of saltpetre and 'ribbon of bruge' to load the pipe with, also a letter dated 1882 explaining how to work it and confirming its sale to a London coffee shop.

Thanks to Michael and Maria at AutomatoMania for this video.


2 comments:

  1. thats so awesome. how old is it?

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  2. PoisonedV,

    The YouTube comments make mention of a letter dated to 1882. I'll follow up with Michael to see if that is when it was made.

    All the Best,

    Dug North

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