Innocenzo Manzetti
Videos
Innocenzo Vincenzo Bartolomeo Luigi Carlo Manzetti was an Italian inventor born in Aosta. Following his primary school studies, he went to the Jesuit-run Saint Bénin Boarding School and then on to Tur
Innocenzo Manzetti
The flute-player (1840)
Automaton
Videos
An automaton is a relatively self-operating machine or control mechanism designed to automatically follow a sequence of operations or respond to predetermined instructions. Some automata, such as bell
Innocenzo Manzetti
…Boarding School and then on to Turin, where he was awarded a diploma in land surveying before returning to Aosta. In 1840, he constructed a flute-playing automaton, in the shape of a man, life-size, seated on a chair. Hidden inside the chair were levers, connecting rods, and compressed air tubes, which made the…
The book About automata by Hero of Alexandria (1589)
Automaton in the Swiss Museum CIMA
First Strasbourg clock rooster, worked from 1352 to 1789
Clockwork crayfish automaton, made in Augsburg in 1589, Technical Instrument Museum, Dresden