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The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine Book
This is the true account of the 18th-century mechanical man, powered by clockwork, dressed in a Turkish costume, and capable of playing chess. Created by a Hungarian nobleman, the machine-man known as The Turk traveled Europe and America, made the acquaintance of Benjamin Franklin, Catherine the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Edgar Allan Poe.Read More
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- 0425190390
- 9780425190395
- Tom Standage
- 1 August 2003
- Berkley Publishing Group
- Paperback (Book)
- 288
- Reissue
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