Clockwork Game: The Illustrious Career of a Chessplaying Automaton

by Jane Irwin

Book Overview

In 1769, the court of Empress Maria Theresia witnessed one of that era's most amazing feats of engineering: a machine that could play chess. Artfully constructed by a Hungarian nobleman named Wolfgang von Kempelen, the chess-machine played a unique game against each opponent, far surpassing the abilities of all its fellow automata. Throughout its eighty-five year career, audiences across Europe and the Americas flocked to see the mechanical marvel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974311022
• ISBN13: 9780974311029
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Fiery Studios
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 13 to 16 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 11