If this Silver Swan automaton were invented yesterday , it would have surprise me for its realism , and the fact that it ’s made of deoxyephedrine and silver . When I learnt it ’s from the eighteenth century , it completely blew me aside .
Made at natural musical scale , the Silver Swan is power by clockwork . It sits on moving field glass rod and silver leaves that give the legerdemain of flowing weewee . The swan floats , moving of course and catching a fish that passes by the stream . I just ca n’t believe this is a purely mechanical equipment from two one C ago . I imagine I would have to go to the Bowes Museum — in Barnard Castle , Teesdale , County Durham , England — to check it out myself . [ MEINE KLEINE FABRIKviaDark Roasted Blend ]
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