Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-07-06
REMARKABLE AuroMAron.
skssehisE and writing by Nh.
chinery "A Mysterious Anair
Known v zoe-rhe Latest Lon.
don k~nsatlon.


Msssn. Maskslsyns & Cooke. OF Lon
don. have invented a new automston.
which bids fair to rival the reputation
acquired by their cslsbratsd Psyche. the
mystery Of whose operations has not
yet been discovered. Mr.. Mssksleyne
submits TO the examination OF his audi
encs q small stand or table, having an
oblong base or plinth Of wosd. resting
on five small knob feet. also OF solid
wood. aud a single wood pillar supports
the thin table top. which. on Its upper
surface, 10 OF silk stuffed like q, cushion.
This light stand Ia then placed upon
the stage. and IL isolated from the car
pet on the floor by fiat squares af clear
plate glass, first inspected by the audi.
ence. and then. without possibility OF
substitution, laid one under each foot
OF the table. The automaioR. zoe"
tho model Of n Young lady In Greek
costume, In fashioned In u sitting atti-
tuds. and II she could stand up would
DO about A.. feet In stature. She Is
carried round 30 that all may test by
her weight the fact that she IL GER
tainly u hollow doll fitted with light
mechanism, and cannot possibly DO
an outside shell holding a diminutive
human being within. She Is then placed
sitting upon the stuffed top Of the little
table. with her back to the audience ;
an easel, supported by q bracket from
the table top holds upright before her.
and at nearly arms length. n drawing
board with q sheet OF paper about
q inches long by IS inches broad, and
crayon Is held between her wax finger
and thumb by ear Of q sliding pen
Gil arrangement. with u small weight
which. when the crayon Is applied to
the paper, maintains q uniform pressure
sufficient for distinct marking. Thus
prepared. "Zos" Is ready for work. In
some mysterious manner sho initiates
the motions OF an artists arm with ia
cility, holds her crayon In professional
form. strikes q true line across her easel
In a mastery manner. promptly carries
her hand from q point OF the drawing
board to another. carefully. yet instan-
taneously. raises her pencil from tho
paper and transfers II TO another spot.
returns to add touches and insert omis
sions, and finally lowers her arm and
hand when tho sketch Is completed.
She does not execute merely the pariic-
ular specimens Of writing, figuring and
| drawing which she might DO constructed
and set to do. She executes anything
she has q mind TO /; or. In other words,
she can write any letters or numbers
called for by the audience, and designs.
forms, and pictures i~mpromptu, accord
ing TO the ability Of tho secret operator.
who must certainly govern her move.
msnts. The figure Is absolutely de-
tackled and isolated hence the multifa-
| rious and complicated movements II ~
capable 81 producing borders on the
marvellous.
"Zos" bears no resemblance what.
ever to the celebrated androids Of lie
Drez. the Swiss mechanician; Of Maillar-
det. the French ~mechanician. or Of Rob.
ert Houdin. the great conjuror and sub
tie inventor. They were ingenious
pieces Of clockwork, and nothing more.
Thus. II. 10 Droz's figure was the size
Of life. It held in its hand a metallic
style, and when q spring was touched.
no rs to release q dstent, tho figure i'm
msdiately began to draw upon a card OF
Dutch vsllum previously laid under its
hand. After the drawing was executed
on the first card the automaton rested.
und FIVE other cards being placed Ia
succession. IL dslineatsd upon the series
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