News View All Miracles and machines. A sixteenth-century automaton and its legend Getty Publications has sent our library a copy of Miracles and machines. A sixteenth-century automaton and its legend, by Elizabeth King and W. David Todd. This book tells the remarkable story of the 450-year-old automaton called “the monk”. The automaton is attributed to Juanelo Turriano and is in the collection of the National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian Institution. Website about the book Bibliographic data sheet
Miracles and machines. A sixteenth-century automaton and its legend Getty Publications has sent our library a copy of Miracles and machines. A sixteenth-century automaton and its legend, by Elizabeth King and W. David Todd. This book tells the remarkable story of the 450-year-old automaton called “the monk”. The automaton is attributed to Juanelo Turriano and is in the collection of the National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian Institution. Website about the book Bibliographic data sheet