...shews that the various facts which have been observed respecting the ta'mdlng up of the machine, (i afford positive proof that the axis turned by the...a spring or a weight, or any system of machinery." The author/ then proceeds to point out a method by which any person well skilled in the game, and not...

...chest; shows that the various facts which have been observed respecting the winding up of the machine, ' afford positive proof that the axis turned by the...a spring or a weight, or any system of machinery.' He then suggests a method by which any person well skilled in the game, and not exceeding the ordinary...

...removes the pipe from the hand of the figure, winds up the works, and the automaton begins to move. that the axis turned by the key is quite free and...a spring or a weight, or any system of machinery. But it will be seen that any person well skilled in the game, and not exceeding the ordinary stature,...

...skilful mechanist that the axis turned by the key was quite free and unconnected either with spring or weight, or any system of machinery. In all machines...in winding up the machinery, the key is limited in thé number of its revolutions; and the second is, that some relative proportion must be constantly...

...skilful mechanist that the axis turned by the key was quite free and unconnected either with spring or weight, or any system of machinery. In all machines requiring to be wound up two conserelative proportion must be constantly maintained betwixt the winding up and the work performed,...

...weight, a spring, or any system of machinery whatever." (Brewster quotes from his source [Willis]: ". . . the axis turned by the key is quite free and unconnected either with a spring or weight, or any system of machinery" [op. cit., p. 253]. Poe argued from the sound of the turning axis....