Scientific American magazine: Wolfgang Von Kempelen's Talking Machine
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Wolfgang von Kempelen
Johann Wolfgang von Kempelen was a writer, engineer, and inventor, known for his chess-playing "automaton" hoax The Turk and for his speaking machine.
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science · Hungarian author and inventor (1734–1804) · engineer · writer · painter · playwright · chess player · architect · inventor · mechanic · also Wolfgang von Kempelen, Kempelen
Born 23 January 1734 · Died 26 March 1804 · Q252041
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“Presidential Address British Association for the Advancement of Science”
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Died 1804-03-26.
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Owned a country estate in Gomba near Pressburg, but died in his apartment on the Alsergrund, a suburb of Vienna
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Sought to recover the income from his smaller annual pension by submitting a petition to Francis II, requesting compensation in the amount of 20,000 Gulden accrued in expenses in service to the crown, but was ultimate
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1734· 1 entry
Born 1734-01-23.
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