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Pages: 112 Size: 29.5 x 21.1 x 1 cm Publisher: Dover Publications Inc Language: English ISBN-10: 0486477932 ISBN-13: 978-0486477930 Recommended age: 11 and older

You can order this book from www.doverpublications.com or www.amazon.com .

The book contains 24 pages of theory and 14 construction kits. You can assemble eight function models and six paper automata:

1. Crank Slider 2. Oscillating Lever 3. Friction Transfer 4. Meshing Gearwheels 5. Ratchet 6. Cams & Friction wheel 7. Cam & Pushrod

8.   Cam & Lever 9.   Happy Birthday 10. At the Duck's Pond 11. Pyramid Lifter 12. The Weight of Bureaucracy 13. Pianist 14. Gymnast

Have a look at my pianist in action: http://paperforest.blogspot.com (8/2/2011) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geHQ1ODxjXM

These movies were posted by the automata expert Falk Keuten. The automaton's kit is part of my new book "Paper Models That Move. 14 Ingenious Automata, and More".

Papier in Bewegung Pop-up-Bücher und Papiermechanik (Paper in Motion Pop-up-Books and Paper Automata) Exhibition in Deutsches Zeitungsmuseum (German Newspaper Museum) 05/03 - 01/05/2011 Deutsches Zeitungsmuseum Am Abteihof 1 66787 Wadgassen(Saarland) Tel 0049 - 6834.9423 - 0 tues. - sun. 10.00 - 16.00 h www.deutsches-zeitungsmuseum.de

Automata Blog

I recommend a visit of the blog "Spiel und Kunst mit Mechanik" (game and art with mechanics) by the automata expert Falk Keuten, Bonn: http://kugelbahn.blog.de