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Jacques de
Vaucanson (French: [jak də vocɑ̃sɔ̃];
February 24, 1709 –
November 21, 1782) was a
French inventor and
artist who
built the
first all-metal...
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Digesting Duck, was an
automaton in the form of a duck,
created by
Jacques de
Vaucanson and
unveiled on 30 May 1764 in France. The
mechanical duck
appeared to...
- The
Vaucanson Automat Flute Player is an
android automaton playing the
transverse flute,
designed and
produced by
Jacques de
Vaucanson and
presented to...
- Lycée
Vaucanson may
refer to: Lycée
Jacques de
Vaucanson in
Tours Lycée
Vaucanson in
Grenoble Lycée
Jacques Vaucanson in Les
Mureaux (Paris area) This...
- Lycée
Jacques de
Vaucanson is a
senior high school/sixth-form
college in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. It
opened in 1989 and
moved into a new building...
- Lycée
Vaucanson is a
senior high school/sixth-form
college in Grenoble, France. It
originated from the
Petit Séminaire du Rondeau,
established in 1815...
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Frenchmen Basile Bouchon (1725), Jean
Baptiste Falcon (1728), and
Jacques Vaucanson (1740). The
machine was
controlled by a "chain of cards"; a
number of...
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attached to the
Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers. A loom by
Jacques de
Vaucanson on
display there suggested various improvements in his own,
which he gradually...
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which could play
twelve songs,
created by the
French engineer Jacques de
Vaucanson in 1737. He also
constructed The
Tambourine Player and the
Digesting Duck...
- windmills. It was
patented by
Edmund Lee in 1745. Also in 1745,
Jacques de
Vaucanson invented the
first automated loom.
Around 1800,
Joseph Marie Jacquard...
