Drinking bird automatons (automata) - How does the drinking bird automaton work? B. Hammack answers.

Lutèce Créations (https://www.automates-boites-musique.com), the european specialist in music boxes and automatons (or automata), offers through its Parisian shop and its websites, various old automatons (from the end of the 19th century century until the First World War) and vintage automata (from the 1950s) as well as mechanical music instruments including old or modern music boxes. In this tutorial video "How does a drinking bird automaton work?", Bill Hammack, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Illinois, will explain to you the mechanism of this automaton. Bill reveals the operation and engineering design underlying the famous drinking bird toy automaton. In this video he explores the role played by the water the bird "drinks," shows what is under the bird's hat and demonstrates that it can operate using heat from a light bulb or by "drinking" whiskey. You can visit his Youtube channel:    / engineerguyvideo   You can find more of Bill's videos and his books at www.engineerguy.com. To get automatons, music boxes and musical mechanisms: Our two websites: https://www.automates-boites-musique.com and https://www.lutececreations.com Our Parisian address: Lutèce Créations - 103, rue de Sèvres - Galerie le Sévrien - 75006 Paris France Tel: 00 33 (0)1 42 22 91 73 Our blog: http://automates-boites-musique.over-... Make a donation to support us in the production of videos on automata: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=C2... Link to Bill Hammack's channel:    / @engineerguyvideo   The video in creative commons:    • How a Wind Up Music Box Works   Keywords: automata / automaton / automatons / drinking bird / insatiable birdies / dunking birds / drinky birds / water birds / dipping birds / toy / toys / water Hashtags: #automatons #automaton #automata