is it sad that I am seriously considering sending that dumbass ‘do you think 2D objects might be able to manipulate spacetime because they have no mass’ theory to Bill Nye
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one hour into playing pokemon X and I got my first shiny
so yeah the game is going pretty well
The Queen’s Android
Marie-Antoinette’s dulcimer player, forerunner of the robot.
Date: 1784, Paris, musée des Arts et Métiers
This famous android was a collaborative effort by two Germans. Clockmaker Peter Kintzing created the mechanism and joiner David Roentgen crafted the cabinet; the dress dates from the 19th century. Automatons were in circulation and aroused much curiosity. Roentgen probably sent the tympanum to the French court and Marie-Antoinette bought it in 1784. The queen, aware of its perfection and scientific interest, had it deposited in the Academy of Sciences cabinet in 1785. The tympanum is a musical instrument that plays eight tunes when the female android strikes the 46 strings with two little hammers. Tradition has it that she is a depiction of Marie-Antoinette.
DUDE.
Aw man, is that real? That’s amazing. *u*
I love automatons
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