1. Does the first marked balloon is talking about the appearance of the machine that looks more like an American than a Turk or is it referring to its hoax nature that reminds more of American type of behavior?
2. Does
"it'd be doing the work for him" in the second balloon mean
"I would have sympathy for it"?
3. Does the third highlighted balloon mean
"but it was a real automaton and not a hoax"?

