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== 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]β [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]
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