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A green paperback book with an Automata made of a cat moving its own Automata of a cat. There are drawings of the gear mechanisms along the side.
Mechanical apparatus demonstrating levers with a crank-operated lion tamer with its head in the open mouth of a lion.
The crank-operated wooden nurse can jump with a breakdown illustration of the operating cranks.
Crank-operated knight on a pegasus with diagrams illustrating linkages of the gears and cranks operating it.
Mechanical Anubis puts on and removes a helmet via a ratchet and pulley system.
Dog with wagging tail operated by crank connecting to bicycle gears.

Cabaret Mechanical Movement

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Product Description

Are you ready to try your hand at constructing automata? Join the maker movement with this book, written by curators from the famous Cabaret Mechanical Theatre, which houses one of the most extensive collections of mechanical sculptures in the world.

Cabaret Mechanical Movement will get novice tinkerers on the path to creating their automata and is a practical resource for automata experts. This book begins with a brief history of automata; and walks through the underlying mechanisms behind automata while providing a bit of theory to hold everything together.

Paperback, 156 pages.


Product Details
  • Weight: 0.4 lb
  • Product Type: Books