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{{Short description|Toy powered by a clockwork motor}} |
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[[File:Unknown_Chinese_Maker_Tin_Wind_Up_Clown_Drummer_Side.jpg|thumb|A wind-up toy clown, the winding key being visible on the toy's back]] |
[[File:Unknown_Chinese_Maker_Tin_Wind_Up_Clown_Drummer_Side.jpg|thumb|A wind-up toy clown, the winding key being visible on the toy's back]] |
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A '''wind-up toy''' is an [[automaton]] [[toy]] powered by a [[clockwork motor]].<ref name="wind">{{cite web |url=http:// |
A '''wind-up toy''' is an [[automaton]] [[toy]] powered by a [[clockwork motor]].<ref name="wind">{{cite web |url=http://accelerateu.org/assessments/ELA6/WindupToys.doc |title=Windup Toys and |website=accelerateu.org |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209181102/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:zCaydYvRE2oJ:accelerateu.org/assessments/ELA6/WindupToys.doc+How+do+Wind+up+toys+work&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us |archive-date=9 December 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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==Background== |
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{{Main|Automaton#History}} |
{{Main|Automaton#History}} |
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Automata built for the sake of art, amusement, and simulation have been described since antiquity, in cases such as [[Heron of Alexandria]] designing clockwork birds during the [[Hellenistic period|Hellenistic Period]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Brett|first=Gerard|date=July 1954|title=The Automata in the Byzantine "Throne of Solomon"|journal=Speculum|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|volume=29|issue=3|pages=477–487|doi=10.2307/2846790|jstor=2846790|s2cid=163031682}}</ref> [[Leonardo da Vinci]] is frequently credited with constructing a mechanical [[lion]], which he presented to [[Francis I of France|King Francois I]] in [[Lyon]] in 1515. Although no record of the device's original designs remain, a recreation of this piece is housed at the [[Clos Lucé|Château du Clos Lucé]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-davinci-lion/da-vincis-lion-prowls-again-after-500-years-idUSTRE57D1MQ20090814|title=Da Vinci's lion prowls again after 500 years|last=Shirbon|first=Estelle|date=August 14, 2009|work=Reuters|access-date=April 12, 2019}}</ref> |
Automata built for the sake of art, amusement, and simulation have been described since antiquity, in cases such as [[Heron of Alexandria]] designing clockwork birds during the [[Hellenistic period|Hellenistic Period]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Brett|first=Gerard|date=July 1954|title=The Automata in the Byzantine "Throne of Solomon"|journal=Speculum|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|volume=29|issue=3|pages=477–487|doi=10.2307/2846790|jstor=2846790|s2cid=163031682}}</ref> [[Leonardo da Vinci]] is frequently credited with constructing a mechanical [[lion]], which he presented to [[Francis I of France|King Francois I]] in [[Lyon]] in 1515. Although no record of the device's original designs remain, a recreation of this piece is housed at the [[Clos Lucé|Château du Clos Lucé]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-davinci-lion/da-vincis-lion-prowls-again-after-500-years-idUSTRE57D1MQ20090814|title=Da Vinci's lion prowls again after 500 years|last=Shirbon|first=Estelle|date=August 14, 2009|work=Reuters|access-date=April 12, 2019}}</ref> |
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[[René Descartes]] may have attempted to build some automata. According to legend, a life-sized wind-up human girl was discovered in his luggage aboard a ship in which he was traveling to Sweden, and was thrown overboard by order of the ship's Captain.<ref name="wind" /> |
[[René Descartes]] may have attempted to build some automata. According to legend, a life-sized wind-up human girl was discovered in his luggage aboard a ship in which he was traveling to Sweden, and was thrown overboard by order of the ship's Captain.<ref name="wind" /> |
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==History== |
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After the larger, elaborate wind-up machine art declined in interest, wind-up toys were created cheaply in large numbers by the 1800s. Wind-up machines became known as wind-up toys, and were designed in different forms to move around.<ref name="wind" /> European toy makers created and mass-produced the first |
After the larger, elaborate wind-up machine art declined in interest, wind-up toys were created cheaply in large numbers by the 1800s. Wind-up machines became known as wind-up toys, and were designed in different forms to move around.<ref name="wind" /> European toy makers created and mass-produced the first wind-up [[tin toy]]s during the late 1880s.{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}} Over the next 60 to 70 years, more manufacturers created more intricate designs. The trend stopped with the introduction of the small and inexpensive [[Alkaline battery]] in the 1960s, which allowed motors to run without a wind-up mechanism. Over the next 20 years, wind-up toys lost popularity.{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}} |
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Plastic wind-ups started in 1977 when the Japanese company [[Tomy]] made a walking Robot (Rascal Robot).{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}} Tomy's ability to build small precise plastic gears and parts allowed them to reduce the size of the gearbox (housing the spring drive). |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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A wind-up toy is an automaton toy powered by a clockwork motor.[1]
Background
[edit]Automata built for the sake of art, amusement, and simulation have been described since antiquity, in cases such as Heron of Alexandria designing clockwork birds during the Hellenistic Period.[2] Leonardo da Vinci is frequently credited with constructing a mechanical lion, which he presented to King Francois I in Lyon in 1515. Although no record of the device's original designs remain, a recreation of this piece is housed at the Château du Clos Lucé.[3]
Some misinformation exists with regards to Regiomontanus's contribution, and his supposed construction of a flight-capable mechanical eagle and fly, which are frequently credited as the first wind-up toys. This story of an eagle which flew from Nuremberg to greet Friedrich III, alongside that of a fly which could circulate the room before returning to its inventor's hand, was spread by Petrus Ramus after a visit to Nuremberg in 1571, and is apparently false.[4] Furthermore, various internet sites instead credit these inventions to a Karel Grod,[5] but little evidence suggests he exists.
René Descartes may have attempted to build some automata. According to legend, a life-sized wind-up human girl was discovered in his luggage aboard a ship in which he was traveling to Sweden, and was thrown overboard by order of the ship's Captain.[1]
History
[edit]After the larger, elaborate wind-up machine art declined in interest, wind-up toys were created cheaply in large numbers by the 1800s. Wind-up machines became known as wind-up toys, and were designed in different forms to move around.[1] European toy makers created and mass-produced the first wind-up tin toys during the late 1880s.[citation needed] Over the next 60 to 70 years, more manufacturers created more intricate designs. The trend stopped with the introduction of the small and inexpensive Alkaline battery in the 1960s, which allowed motors to run without a wind-up mechanism. Over the next 20 years, wind-up toys lost popularity.[citation needed]
Plastic wind-ups started in 1977 when the Japanese company Tomy made a walking Robot (Rascal Robot).[citation needed] Tomy's ability to build small precise plastic gears and parts allowed them to reduce the size of the gearbox (housing the spring drive).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Windup Toys and". accelerateu.org. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ Brett, Gerard (July 1954). "The Automata in the Byzantine "Throne of Solomon"". Speculum. 29 (3). The University of Chicago Press: 477–487. doi:10.2307/2846790. JSTOR 2846790. S2CID 163031682.
- ^ Shirbon, Estelle (August 14, 2009). "Da Vinci's lion prowls again after 500 years". Reuters. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
- ^ Zinner, Ernst (1990). Regiomontanus: His Life and Work. Translated by Brown, Ezra. New York, NY: Elsevier Science Publishing Company Inc. p. 135. ISBN 978-0444887924.
- ^ Moyer, Richard H.; Everett, Susan A. (1 August 2016). More Everyday Engineering: Putting the E in STEM Teaching and Learning. NSTA Press. ISBN 9781681402796. Retrieved 25 October 2017 – via Google Books.