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" Turkish robe which covers them is raised ; so that the construction both of the figure and chest internally is displayed. In this state the automaton is moved round for the examination of the spectators ; and to banish all suspicion from the most sceptical... "
Universal Science Or the Cabinet of Nature and Art, Comprising Above One ... - Page 352
by Alexander Jamleson - 1821
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 4

England - 1819 - 792 pages
...the spectators ; and to banish all suspicion from the most sceptical mind, that any living subject is concealed within any part of it, the exhibitor...measure, rendered transparent, and the most secret comer is shewn. Here, it may be observed, that the same precaution to remove suspicion is used, if...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 89, Part 1; Volume 125

Early English newspapers - 1819 - 754 pages
...banish all suspicion from the most sceptical mind, that any living subject is concealed within any pat t of it, the exhibitor introduces a lighted candle Into...rendered transparent, and the most secret corner is shown, Here, it may be observed, that the same precaution to remove suspicion is used, if requested,...
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Observations on the Automaton Chess Player: Now Exhibited in London, at 4 ...

Oxford graduate - Automaton chess players - 1819 - 36 pages
...the most sceptical mind, that any living subject is concealed within any part of it, the exhibiter introduces a lighted candle into the body of the chest...rendered transparent, and the most secret corner is shown. Here it may be observed, that the same precaution to remove suspicion is used, if requested,...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for ..., Volume 89, Part 1

English essays - 1819 - 728 pages
...the spectators ; aad to banith all suspicion from the most sceptical mind, that any living subject is concealed within any part of it, the exhibitor...chest and figure, by which the interior of each is, ill a great measure, rendered transparent, and the moat secret corner is shown. Here, it may be observed,...
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Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture: Consisting of Original ...

Industrial arts - 1819 - 444 pages
...subject is concealed within any part of it, the exhibiter introduces a lighted candle into Qq 2 the the body of the chest and figure, by which the interior...rendered transparent, and the most secret corner is shown. Here it may be observed, that the same precaution to remove suspicion is used, if requested,...
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The Literary Journal, Volume 1

1821 - 770 pages
...the spectators: and, to banish all suspicion from the most sceptical mind, that any living subject is concealed within any part of it, the exhibitor...of the chest and figure, by which the interior of the chest is, in a great measure, rendered transparent, and the most secret corner is shown. Here it...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Volume 1

1821 - 772 pages
...the spectators: and, to banish all suspicion from the most sceptical mind, that any living subject is concealed within any part of it, the exhibitor...of the chest and figure, by which the interior of the chest is, in a great measure, rendered transparent, and the most secret corner is shown. Here it...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 1

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1821 - 764 pages
...introduces a lighted candle into the body of the chest and figure, by which the interior of the chest is, in a great measure, rendered transparent, and the most secret corner is shown. Here it may be observed, that the same precaution to remove suspicion is used, if requested,...
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Curiosities for the Ingenious: Selected from the Most Authentic Treasures of ...

J. Taylor - Curiosities and wonders - 1822 - 220 pages
...of the spectators, and to banish all suspicion from the most sceptical mind that any living subject is concealed within any part of it, the exhibitor...transparent, and the most secret corner is shewn. The chest is divided by a partition into two unequal chambers. That to the right of the figure is the...
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The Oxford Entertaining Miscellany, Or, Weekly Magazine ..., Volume 1

1824 - 312 pages
...of the spectators, and to banish all suspicion from the most sceptical mind that any living subject is concealed within any part of it, the exhibitor...chest and figure, by which the interior of each is iu a great measure rendered transparent, and the most secret corner is shewn* The chest is divided...
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