Kempelen, Wolfgang von de Pámánd#
Kempelen, Wolfgang von (de Pámánd), b. Bratislava, Slovakia (then Pressburg), Jan. 23, 1734, d. Vienna, March 26, 1804, mechanic. In 1769 constructed a simulated "automatic chess machine" (with a person hidden in it) and in 1778 a "talking machine"; neither of them has been preserved.