John-Joseph Merlin's Silver Swan automaton.
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Uploaded by stokaachaan on Dec 19, 2009
When the clockwork is wound the music box plays and the glass rods rotate giving the illusion of flowing water. The swan turns its head from side to side and also preens itself. After a few moments the swan notices the swimming fish and bends down to catch and eat one (ornithologically inaccurate, as swans do not eat fish). The swan's head then returns to the upright position and the performance, which has lasted about 40 seconds, is over. To help preserve the mechanism the swan is only operated once each day at 2pm.
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They only bought that for 200. Wow that swan is amazing. I thought it was new, not that old. What beautiful movements it has. Lov the little fishies too. Very pretty.
2Ryled 5 months ago
incredibly beautiful
hersirensong 8 months ago
For the same kind of automaton made by the same James Cox,but even more impressive, go and see the peacock clock St Peterburg Russia. It is the largest still working automaton of this Time. I works only once a year to preserve its mechanism, so that 's why i posted a video of it
remyposees 1 year ago