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Mechanical Toys: How Old Toys Work
Contents: How it all started -- The enchantment of toys -- Early toy inventors -- Toward mass production -- What toys were made of -- Toys that predicted the future -- Power and power storage -- Governing devices -- Mechanisms that provide action -- Sounds and other surprises -- Variety versus mass production -- Artist in tinplate -- Les petits bonhommes Martin -- Followers and imitators.