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===References===
===References===


*Froissart's L'Horloge Amouresuse and L'Horloge de Sapience
*Albertus Magnus
*St Thomas Aquinas Summa Theological
*"beast-machine"
*Jonathan Swift's 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
*waterworks of Canterbury Cathedral
*Duc Philippe, Count of Artois, castle of Hesdin
*Duke of Burgundy 1432
*Polish scholar Witello
*Tower of the Winds, The Roman Agora in Athens: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2zgFdMVdU8 drone tour], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_the_Winds wiki article]
*Tower of the Winds, The Roman Agora in Athens: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2zgFdMVdU8 drone tour], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_the_Winds wiki article]
*Strassbourg astronomical clock: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKgZB3P45Kw watch it in action], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg_astronomical_clock, wiki article]
*[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]
*Cave of Lascaux: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_aTEcsksZI virtual tour], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascaux wiki article]