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Maskelyne's automaton
12016-05-29T07:24:58-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1421Glossaryplain2016-05-29T07:24:58-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1John Nevil Maskelyne was a well-known British magician. He created an automaton that could supposedly play whist and perform other advanced functions. The automaton was later revealed to be a kind of puppet operated by a bellows (See Io9.com, "History's Greatest Robot Hoaxes").