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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
make it a point to do something
1. What does "all driven by the same studded drum" mean?
2. Does the highlighted sentence mean "Additionally, von Kempelen used words like “trifle” and “bagatelle to call the machine and therefore did not hesitate to let people know that it was a trick"?
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By 1806, he had built several of his own very impressive automata— including a statue of a boy that actually played the trumpet, its fingers, lips, and breath all driven by the same studded drum—so he surely knew the limits of technology at the time.Additionally, von Kempelen always made it a point to let the audience know that the chess-player was a trick, referring to it as a “trifle” and a “bagatelle.”
2. Does the highlighted sentence mean "Additionally, von Kempelen used words like “trifle” and “bagatelle to call the machine and therefore did not hesitate to let people know that it was a trick"?
Context:
By 1806, he had built several of his own very impressive automata— including a statue of a boy that actually played the trumpet, its fingers, lips, and breath all driven by the same studded drum—so he surely knew the limits of technology at the time.Additionally, von Kempelen always made it a point to let the audience know that the chess-player was a trick, referring to it as a “trifle” and a “bagatelle.”
Top answer
1. The "studded drum" is a part of the mechanism, a cylinder studded with pegs or pins, like you would find in a old music box. As the cylinder revolves, the pins engage other parts of the machine to make things happen in the correct sequence.
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- The "studded drum" is a part of the mechanism, a cylinder studded with pegs or pins, like you would find in a old music box.
- As the cylinder revolves, the pins engage other parts of the machine to make things happen in the correct sequence.
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- Yes.
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1. The "studded drum" is a part of the mechanism, a cylinder studded with pegs or pins, like you would find in a old music box. As the cylinder revolves, the pins engage other parts of the machine to make things happen in the correct sequence.
2. Yes.
2. Yes.
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