BBC4, this should be interesting.

[SandgrounderParticipant @sandgrounder]

BBC4 this Tuesday the 29th March at 10.00pm,

Mechanical Marvels, Clockwork Dreams, the history of automata by Prof Simon Schaffer

[SandgrounderParticipant @sandgrounder]

[Douglas JohnstonParticipant @douglasjohnston98463]

I saw this programme when it was first shown and it is well worth a look. Some of the mechanical marvels are truly amazing, and a lot of them were made a very long time ago with only very basic equipment.

Doug

[John HaineParticipant @johnhaine32865]

Just a shame about Simon Schaffer over-interpreting.

[frank brownParticipant @frankbrown22225]

What about that automata that writes his name in longhand with a dip pen , absolutely amazing.

Frank

[Author]

Posts