Title
Interior of Vaucanson's digesting duck
Caption
Interior of Vaucanson's digesting duck
Jacques de Vaucanson (1709-1782) : inventor and mechanic. After devising a pump to bring up water, in 1737 he built his first robot and in 1738 his duck, which imitated several movements of the animal, drank water and ate kernels which it then digested
Date
18th century
Credit line
Photo12
Reference
COM00350_078
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
5,7Mb (301,2Kb) / 3,9in x 5,6in / 1181 x 1673 (300dpi)