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Created in the tail end of the 1770s, this unusual robot (and it truly is once you see inside) was created by the watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz along with help from his versatile son Henri-Louis and Jean-Frédéric Leschot. Born in Switzerland, Pierre Jaquet-Droz was (and to this day still is) considered to be one of the most gifted automata designers in history. He was, in many ways the Sir Jonathan Ive of his time - a visionary designer and master craftsman obsessed with the minutest of details, form and function. Cheaper Than Dirt! - Yankee Arms Maker. NewChurchHistory.org. Rev.
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Some observations of the effects of nitrous oxide gas-intoxication which I was prompted to make by reading the pamphlet called “The anaesthetic revelation and the gist of philosophy” (Blood, 1874), have made me understand better than ever before both the strength and the weakness of Hegel’s philosophy.