AUTOMATON - TEMPLE DOORS. Diagram of the automaton machinery used to open (as though by magical agency) the doors of a temple. Hot air from fire forces water into a bucket, which in turns pulls at the ropes. After the description given by hero of Alexandria. c. 65AD

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