ADELHEID VOSKUHL is associate professor in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University.

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ISBN-13: 978-0-226-03402-7 (cloth)

ISBN-13: 978-0-226-03416-4 (paper)

ISBN-13: 978-0-226-03433-1 (ebook)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Voskuhl, Adelheid.

Androids in the Enlightenment: mechanics, artisans, and cultures of the self / Adelheid Voskuhl.

pages. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-226-03402-7 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-226-03416-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-226-03433-1 (e-book)   1. Robots—History.   2. Mechanical engineering—History.   3. Artisans—Europe—History.   4. Enlightenment—Europe.   I. Title.

TJ211.V675 2013

629.8-dc23

2013005611

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992.