Question: Did Friedrich Von Knauss and Elizabeth Dickson share the same nationality?
Sentence (from "Friedrich von Knauss"): A contest for mechanicians and organ manufacturers held in 1779 in Russia attests to their lack of success, in that the contest, held by the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, used the production of a speaking head as the theme, and specified that the machine be capable of speaking the five vowels.
Relevant evidence: No