THE CHESS PLAYERS CHRONICLE (CLASSIC REPRINT)

Excerpt from The Chess Players ChronicleWith the brazen, Speaking, head constructed by Friar Bacon, which seems to have assisted in proclaiming him a magician, and the famous Androidesof Albertus Magnus, which could speak and walk, our readers are familiar.Amongst the curiosities of his day, Walchius mentions. An iron spider of great ingenuity. Not exceeding in Size the ordinary inha bitants of our dwellings, it could creep or climb with any of them, wanting none of. Their powers, except - upon which nothing is said - the formation of a web. Many writers of credit, particularly Kircher, Porta, and Bishop Wilkins, relate that the celebrated Regiomontanus (john Miiller), of Nuremberg, ventured a loitier flight of art. He is said to have constructed a self-moving wooden eagle, which descended toward the Emperor Maximilian as he ap proached the gates of Nuremberg, saluted him, and hovered over his person as he entered the town. According tothe same authorities, this philosopher produced also an iron fly, which would start from his hand at table, and after flying round to each of the guests, return, as if wearied, to the protection of its master.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works._,