Silver Swan (automaton)
The Silver Swan is an automaton dating from the 18th Century and is housed in the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham, England.
It was acquired by John Bowes, the museum's founder, from a Parisian jeweler in 1872.
The swan, which is life size, is a clockwork driven device that includes a music box.
The swan sits in a" stream" that is made of glass rods and is surrounded by silver leaves.
Small silver fish can be seen" swimming" in the stream.
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.
The swan's head then returns to the upright position and the performance, which has lasted about 32 seconds, is over.
To help preserve the mechanism the swan is only operated once each day at 2 pm.
The mechanism was designed and built by John Joseph Merlin( 1735 – 1803) in conjunction with the London inventor James Cox( 1723 – 1800) in 1773.
The swan was described in a 1773 Act of Parliament as being 3 feet( 0.91 m) in diameter and 18 feet( 5.49 m) high.
This would seem to indicate that at one time there was more to the swan than remains today as it is no longer that high.
It is said that there was originally a waterfall behind the swan, which was stolen while it was on tour – this could possibly explain the height which is now' missing'.
It is known that the swan was sold several times and was shown at the World's Fair( Exposition Universelle( 1867)) held in Paris, France.
The American novelist Mark Twain observed the swan and recorded his observation in a chapter of the" Innocents Abroad", writing that the swan" had a living grace about his movement and a living intelligence in his eyes."
The Bowes Museum believes that the Swan is their best known artefact, and it is the basis of the museum's logo.
Swan 43
The Swan 43 was designed by Olin Stephens and built by Nautor's Swan and was one of the initial two models launched in the companies founding year alongside the Swan 36.
Merrily We Roll Along
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Swan 42
The Swan 42 was designed by Ron Holland and built by Nautor's Swan and first launched in 1980.
Swan 53 Mk I
The Swan 53 was designed by German Frers and built by Nautor's Swan and first launched in 1985.
The Wanderer and His Shadow (album)
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The name of the album comes from one of Friedrich Nietzsche's earlier works of the same name.
Roll Along, Cowboy
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The Swan and the Wanderer
The Swan and the Wanderer is a Finnish film telling the story of two very popular Finnish singer/ songwriters, Tapio Rautavaara( Tapio Liinoja) and Reino Helismaa( Martti Suosalo), who worked together until their relationship got frictious for a long time.
The film covers the years from 1949 to 1965, the date of Helismaa's death.
The film also tells about the change in Finland during those years.
Shiren the Wanderer
Shiren the Wanderer may refer to:
Cowboy from Iran
Cowboy from Iran or Cowboy uit Iran is a 1999 Dutch TV film directed by Ilse Somers.

Question: Are the movies Roll Along, Cowboy and The Swan and the Wanderer, from the same country?
Answer: no