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Edgar Allan Poe and Baron von Kempelen's chess-playing automaton.

Title
Edgar Allan Poe and Baron von Kempelen's chess-playing automaton.
Author
Evans, Henry Ridgely, 1861-1949
Publication
Kenton, Ohio, International Brotherhood of Magicians, 1939.

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Book/textSupervised use MZEG (Evans, H. R. Edgar Allan Poe)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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Additional Authors
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
Description
36 p. front., plates, ports., facsims.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Kempelen, Wolfgang von, 1734-1804
  • Mälzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838
  • Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
  • Robots
  • Chess
Note
  • "This monograph was originally delivered as a lecture before the Edgar Allan Poe society of Baltimore, Md., in 1937. But it has been supplemented with much new material by the author."--Foot-note, p. 13.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 35-36.
Local note
  • Author's autographed presentation copy.
Call Number
MZEG (Evans, H. R. Edgar Allan Poe)
OCLC
768635
Author
Evans, Henry Ridgely, 1861-1949.
Title
Edgar Allan Poe and Baron von Kempelen's chess-playing automaton.
Imprint
Kenton, Ohio, International Brotherhood of Magicians, 1939.
Bibliography
Bibliography: p. 35-36.
Local Note
Author's autographed presentation copy.
Added Author
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Research Call Number
MZEG (Evans, H. R. Edgar Allan Poe)
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