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Brewer's: Automaton
- plural, automatons or automata. Machines which imitate the actions, etc., of living creatures. The most famous are the following:—(1) The pigeon that could fly, made, B.C. 400, by Archy…automaton
(Encyclopedia) automaton: see robot; robotics.Varona y Pera, Enrique José
(Encyclopedia) Varona y Pera, Enrique JoséVarona y Pera, Enrique Joséānrēˈkā hōsāˈ värōˈnä ē pāˈrä [key], 1849–1933, Cuban philosopher and vice president of Cuba (1913–17). Varona was a professor at…robot
(Encyclopedia) robot or automatonrobotôtämˈətänˌ [key] mechanical device designed to perform the work generally done by a human being. The Czech dramatist Karel Čapek popularized the expression […Brewer's: Automedon
A coachman. He was the charioteer of Achilles. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AutumnAutomaton A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…Brewer's: Android
An automaton figure of a human being (Greek, andros-eidos, a man's likeness). One of the most famous of these machines is that by M. Vaucanson, called the flute-player. The chess-player by…Brewer's: Autolycus
The craftiest of thieves. He stole the flocks of his neighbours, and changed their marks. Sisyphos out-witted him by marking his sheep under their feet, a device which so tickled the rogue…Wolfgang von Kempelen
Wolfgang von Kempelen built the Turk, a chess-playing automaton which wowed Europe late in the 1700s. The Turk consisted of a wooden cabinet topped by a carved life-size human figure dressed in a…The Turk
A chess-playing automaton -- that is, robotic machine -- the Turk was a sensation in Europe in the 1770s. The Turk was a wooden cabinet on wheels, atop which sat a chessboard and a life-sized wooden…The Devil's Dictionary: Cat
by Ambrose Bierce CARTESIANCAVILERCAT -n. A soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle. This is a dog, This is a…Trending
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