Here is an except from an excellent film on one of the greatest magicians and automaton-makers ever -- Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (December 7, 1805 – June 13, 1871).
A DVD of the complete film is available in French or English at www.automates-boites-musique.com.
Must have been a brilliant man
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named himself after the great
Frenchman