Thought this might be of interest to the MMD viewers.  Built in
Switzerland 249 years ago by Swiss clock maker Pierre Jaquet-Droz.

  http://www.chonday.com/Videos/the-writer-automaton 
  The Writer Automaton
  Video by BBC and lesterfontayne

Quite intriguing!  Wow!  What craftsmanship!

Lester Wolff

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