Transcriber's Notes: Underscores "_" before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_ in the original text. Equal signs "=" before and after a word or phrase indicate =bold= in the original text. Carat symbol "^" designates a superscript. Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals. Illustrations have been moved so they do not break up paragraphs. Old or antiquated spellings have been preserved. Typographical errors have been silently corrected but other variations in spelling and punctuation remain unaltered. [Illustration] PRIVATELY PRINTED OPUSCULA. _ISSUED TO MEMBERS OF THE SETTE OF ODD VOLUMES_. No. XXIX. AUTOMATA OLD AND NEW. [Illustration] [Illustration: [_See page 54_.] Automata Old and New BY CONRAD WILLIAM COOKE, M.INST.E.E. _Mechanick_ to the Sette of Odd Volumes [Illustration] _Delivered at a Meeting of the Sette held at Limmer’s Hotel, on Friday, November 6th_, 1891 [Illustration] LONDON IMPRINTED AT THE CHISWICK PRESS MDCCCXCIII TO THEIR ODDSHIPS CHARLES HOLME, F.L.S. (_Pilgrim_), PRESIDENT, 1890. GEORGE CHARLES HAITÉ, R.B.A., F.L.S. (_Art Critic_), PRESIDENT, 1891. AND WILLIAM MURRELL, M.D. (_Leech_), PRESIDENT, 1892. DURING WHOSE YEARS OF OFFICE THE FOLLOWING NOTES ON AUTOMATA WERE RESPECTIVELY PREPARED, PRESENTED AND PRINTED, THIS LITTLE BOOK IS DEDICATED BY CONRAD W. COOKE, _Mechanick to ye Sette of Odd Volumes_. [Illustration] _This edition is limited to 255 copies, and is imprinted for private circulation only._ [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] AUTOMATA OLD AND NEW.