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AN ATTEMPT TO ANALYSE
THE
AUTOMATON
CHESS PLAYER.
Howlett and Brimmer,
Printers, 10, Frith Street, Soho.
AN ATTEMPT TO ANALYSE
THE
AUTOMATON CHESS PLAYER,
OF
MR. DE KEMPELEN.
WITH AN EASY METHOD OF IMITATING THE MOVEMENTS
OF THAT CELEBRATED FIGURE.
ILLUSTRATED BY ORIGINAL DRAWINGS.
TO WHICH IS ADDED, A COPIOUS COLLECTION OF
THE KNIGHT’S MOVES
OVER THE CHESS BOARD.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR J. BOOTH,
DUKE STREET, PORTLAND PLACE.
1821.
AN ATTEMPT TO ANALYSE, &c.
The Automaton Chess Player was first introduced into England by Mr. deKempelen, its inventer, about the year 1783. It was brought again intothis country two years ago, and exhibited under the direction of a veryingenious gentleman, Mr. Maelzel.
The annexed drawings, (plate 1, figs. 1 and 2,) represent the generalappearance of the machine. It runs on castors, and is either seenon the floor when the doors of the apartment are thrown open, or iswheeled into the room at the commencement of the exhibition.[Pg 6]
The exhibiter, in order to shew the mechanism, as he informs thespectators, unlocks the door (a, fig. 1.)of the chest, which exposes to view a small cupboard, lined with black or dark colouredcloth, and containing different pieces of machinery, which seem tooccupy the whole space. He next opens the door (b,fig. 2.) at the back of the same cu