Clockwork Game Gn (06/12/2024) Fiery Studios Inc

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CLOCKWORK GAME GN
(W) Irwin, Jane (A) Irwin, Jane (C) Irwin, Jane
FIERY STUDIOS INC
StockID: 117063SKU: MAY241599

In 1769- the court of Empress Maria Theresa witnessed one of that era’s most amazing feats of engineering: The Turk- a machine that could play chess. Artfully constructed by a Hungarian nobleman named Wolfgang von Kempelen- the chess-machine played a unique game against each opponent- far surpassing the abilities of all its fellow automata. Napoleon- Charles Babbage- and Benjamin Franklin were among its challengers- and Edgar Allen Poe wrote an essay attempting to explain how it worked.

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