ghostly-light: timberwolf-manstab: soundssimpleright: claygoblin: The Silver Swan, built by John Joseph Merlin and James Cox, 1773. Source: Mechanical Marvels, Clockwork Dreams (BBC) oh wow, the “water” is an illusion created by spinning glass rods. wooooooooooah I will reblog this automaton every single time I see it because I adore it and you cannot stop me. The …