Mesmerising Mechanisms
Mesmerising Mechanisms is a free, hands-on exhibition on 12th October at Water of Leith Visitor Centre featuring a collection of wooden machines designed and built by Ian Graham of Colinton Clocks.
About Mesmerising Mechanisms
| 12th October 2024 | |
| 10am - 4pm | |
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Water of Leith Conservation Trust 24 Lanark Road, Edinburgh West EH14 1TQ |
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| This is a free event | |
| Call 07762203576 | |
| Visit the event website here | |
A free, hands-on exhibition!
Here you will find a collection of wooden machines which demonstrate the fascinating and often bewildering motion of mechanisms. This is old-school technology : gears, cams, levers…those twisty bits… All working together to produce interesting and sometimes amusing effects. But of course nothing happens without the visitors helping out… by turning the handles!
You'll see:
Clocks, with visible mechanisms that illustrate old school mechanical timekeeping.
Drawing Machines, which produce elaborate patterns. Just turn the handle make your own and take it home!
Ball Runners that move wooden balls around in all sorts of crazy ways.
Automata, depicting the secret activities of our favourite hedgerow inhabitant, the Hedgehog.
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