Download ebook or buy real book: “The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine” by Tom Standage
Genres: Magic, Fantasy, Science, Non Fiction, History, Games, Chess
 | Original title: The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine Rating: 3.82 Publish date: August 5th 2003 Language: English Isbn: 0425190390 |
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.
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