520 THE CENTURY, 



announced that U A very remarkable talking auto 

 maton is exciting the curiosity of the Parisians. It has 

 been constructed by M. Faber, late Professor of Mathe 

 matics at a German university, and is stated by our 

 contemporary, Cosmos, to be by far the most suc 

 cessful effort that has been yet made to imitate the 

 human voice. The figure, which is that of a woman, 

 is exhibited on the Boulevard Magenta. 1 



We may here add the following comment on 



\_A Stamping Engine^] u An engine, without y e least 

 noyse, knock, or use of fyre, to coyne and stamp 100 Ib. 

 in an houre, by one man.&quot; See Harleian MS. No. 2428. 



In &quot; Humane Industry,&quot; published 1661, at page 36, 

 it is observed, that, &quot; At the Mint of Segovia, in Spain, 

 an engine that moves by water, distendeth an ingot of 

 gold.&quot; 



The Coining Mill, or Press, was first introduced from 

 France into England during Elizabeth s reign, but was 

 shortly after abandoned for the old hammer process of 

 stamping with two dies. The invention of the mill is 

 ascribed to an engraver, who used it in 1553 for coining 

 the French king s counters. The new process of 

 coining was completely established in France in 1645, 

 but not in England until 1662, the year before the 

 &quot; Century 7 was published, which sufficiently accounts 

 for its author not printing the present article. 



According to the Eev. Eogers Euding, in his &quot; Annals 

 of the Coinage,&quot; 1840, no improvement was attempted 

 for upwards of a century, the modern coining-mill 

 having been invented by Mr. Boulton, in 1788. 



89. 



White Silk knotted in the fingers 8 

 of a Pair of white Gloves, and fo 



8 finger. 



