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Singing Bird Automaton

"A mechanical singing bird by Bontems of Paris. The clockwork motor drives a bellows and whistle to make the sound." Perhaps not so amazing today, but this was built in 1870. A small slice of history on display.

posted by ShapeSphere
2/3/2008 9:31:05 AM

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KIRIFUDA : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

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666 days 7 hours ago...

Sounds like my car alarm

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dangledorf : LVL 7: VP 1.6: said:

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663 days 19 hours ago...

Dude i bet that was sooo hi-tech back then.

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Razer167 : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

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663 days 17 hours ago...

ive got one of these. fucking excellent man. nice vid

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vyrtualdogg : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

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663 days 5 hours ago...

I just thought R2D2 was on crack

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libertarianriots : LVL 12: VP 2.1: said:

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306 days 11 hours ago...

that thing was in the very first Little Rascals episode. it kept saying "polly want a cracker" and buckwheat thought the devil was asking him for one. funny shit.

maybe it wasnt buckwheat, but it was some black kid

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