The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-09-06

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caTne A. Il was With that hand thaf he
made the moves cbess hoard card e;chteen
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The exhihitor then unlocked fonr doors
two in the front and two r. the haclr III
the cheat and held : LIGHTED candle Al The
oneninr ~ which r. exhif,:. fne macbin,
erv' which consisted 81 levers. wheels.
CYLINDER ana ninions. The ficnre was
als) examines. and ont Of q drawer al the
fn,tfom and front Of the chest = small hoy
of counters. 4 aet of chess. men and a
cushion for the automaton's arm. were
taken. Ill the doors and drawers were
then closed and locked-the spectators
having satisfied themselves that there was
no place for concealed person-the ex
hibitor busted himself in adjusting the
mechanism from behind the chest, re-
moved the pipe from the figures hand,
and wound up the machinery. The au-
tomaton was then ready for play, which
uckou % oOOA - gu OppOuCut Woo iouuu
in the audience. The automaton took the
first move in all cases. At every move
made by the autdinaton the wheels of the
machine are heard in action; the figure
moves its head, and seems to look over
every part Of the chess board. When it
gives check to its opponent it shakes its
nead tnrice, ana only twice wnen Il checks
tne queen; hKewlse SNAKES us nead
wnen . lalse move IS MADE, replaces It's
advelsa!ys piece on 'ne square rom
wnlcn u was TAKEN, ana taKes the next
move ltselI. IN general, tnougn not al
Ways, tne au'omaton WINS the game.
Daiing tne progress Q, me game Inc ex,
hiDisor stanus near inc machine, anu
WINDS u up IKE CLOCK aIter II mas MADE
zen or WE'VE moves; az otner umes ne
Went 70 . corner OF me room, as II 10 con
suit small, square pox winch $1,000 open
ior enis purpose
Psyche, the whist-player, has not i'm
proved much upon the automaton chess
player invented more than q hundred
years ago Van Kempelen never pretend
ed that the automaton really played the
game. On the other hand, he distinctly
said that the effects of the machine zap