Wind-up toy
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A wind-up toy is an automaton toy powered by a clockwork motor.
A wind-up toy clown, the winding key being visible on the toy's back
Automaton
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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
Wind-up toy
…A wind-up toy is an automaton toy powered by a clockwork motor. Automata built for the sake of art, amusement, and simulation have been described since antiquity, in cases such as…
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