WOLFGANG VON KEMPELEN
Name: Johann Wolfgang von Kempelen
Born: 23 January 1734 Pressburg
Died: 26 March 1804 Vienna
Johann Wolfgang von Kempelen (born 23 January 1734 in Pressburg (present-day Bratislava),
died 26 March 1804 in Vienna) was an author and inventor, who became most famous
for his construction of The Turk, which was a chess-playing automaton later
revealed to be a hoax, and a manually operated speaking machine, which was
a genuine pioneering step in experimental phonetics.
Von Kempelen was a scientist in the employ of the empress Maria
Theresa; his non-hoax inventions included a "speaking machine," in which a
bellows forced air through an artificial voice box to simulate human speech.
Name: Johann Wolfgang von Kempelen
Born: 23 January 1734 Pressburg
Died: 26 March 1804 Vienna
Johann Wolfgang von Kempelen (born 23 January 1734 in Pressburg (present-day Bratislava),
died 26 March 1804 in Vienna) was an author and inventor, who became most famous
for his construction of The Turk, which was a chess-playing automaton later
revealed to be a hoax, and a manually operated speaking machine, which was
a genuine pioneering step in experimental phonetics.
Von Kempelen was a scientist in the employ of the empress Maria
Theresa; his non-hoax inventions included a "speaking machine," in which a
bellows forced air through an artificial voice box to simulate human speech.