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December 2, 2020 12:49 pm GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2020/12/02/1890s-mechanical-device-sounds-exactly-like-a-bird-singing.html
1890s mechanical device sounds exactly like a bird singing
This wind-up mechanism has a tiny bellows and several gears that produce a remarkably lifelike bird call.
Szymon Pawelec, the collector and demonstrator who consulted on the Scorsese film Hugo, says:
— Read the restA mechanical singing bird mechanism. Made around 120 years ago in Paris, probably by Bontems.
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2020/12/02/1890s-mechanical-device-sounds-exactly-like-a-bird-singing.html
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