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Uploaded by on Dec 18, 2010

Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1721--1790) was a Swiss-born watchmaker of the late eighteenth century. He lived in Paris, London, and Geneva, where he designed and built animated dolls, or automata, to help his firm sell watches and mechanical birds.
Some consider these devices to be the oldest examples of the computer.

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  • Omg its pr0n !

  • Hey!!

    Look what is happening at 11.00. I can't believe my eyes!!

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