Editing Science Since Babylon (section)

== 3. Automata and the Origins of Mechanism and Mechanistic Philosophy ==
===Summary===
# Our ability to create machines and automata did not lead us to theories of astronomy and biology, rather it was the other way around.
## Theories of planetary motions led to their instantiation as models, which in turn led to the skills required to crate automata
# The development of astronomical simulacra and biological simulacra go hand in hand, feeding off each other.

===Further Reading===

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Froissart Jean Froissart]'s [https://www.britannica.com/topic/LHorloge-amoureux L'Horloge Amouresuse] and [https://www.persee.fr/doc/scrip_0036-9772_1963_num_17_2_3181 L'Horloge de Sapience]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertus_Magnus Albertus Magnus]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas St Thomas Aquinas]' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summa_Theologica Summa Theological]
*[https://openlibrary.org/works/OL161958W/From_beast-machine_to_man-machine "beast-machine"]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift Jonathan Swift's] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_(Gulliver%27s_Travels) Yahoos]
*Pascal's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_calculator Pascaline] of 1645: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h71HAJWnVU how it works]
*musical automata of Achilles Lagenbucher of Augsburg
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadwine_Psalter#/media/File:Eadwine_psalter_-_Waterworks_in_Canterbury.jpg waterworks of Canterbury Cathedral]
*Duc Philippe, Count of Artois, castle of Hesdin, and the [https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1850&context=mff Garden of Earthly Delights], described in [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4172819?seq=1 Magic and Mechanics in Medieval Fiction] by Merriam Sherwood
*Polish scholar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitello Witello]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_the_Winds Tower of the Winds], The Roman Agora in Athens: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2zgFdMVdU8 drone tour]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg_astronomical_clock Strassbourg astronomical clock], made by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_and_Josias_Habrecht Isaac and Josias Habrecht]— [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKgZB3P45Kw watch it in action]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Drebbel Cornelis Drebbel] and his [http://nautil.us/issue/12/feedback/the-vulgar-mechanic-and-his-magical-oven magical oven]
*Cave of Lascaux: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_aTEcsksZI virtual tour], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascaux wiki article]