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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.

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KIRIFUDA : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

KIRIFUDA

4 votes NegativePositive

342 days 12 hours ago...

Sounds like my car alarm

dangledorf : LVL 7: VP 1.6: said:

dangledorf

4 votes NegativePositive

340 days ago...

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

Razer167 : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

Razer167

1 votes NegativePositive

339 days 23 hours ago...

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

vyrtualdogg : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

vyrtualdogg

1 votes NegativePositive

339 days 10 hours ago...

I just thought R2D2 was on crack

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