One of his first products - the wonderful pendulum clock with a shepherd and a dog - took a draw in the Spanish capital city of Madrid by King Ferdinand IV. The demonstration was performed in the presence of numerous courtiers. Excited Droz showed them the work created. When the hour hand is suited to any hour, Shepherd brought a flute to his mouth and whistled as many times as was to break the clock.
At his feet lay a shepherd dog, guarding the basket of apples. Cost someone from the court to touch fruit, like a dog began to bark. They took a hand with the fruit - the barking stopped immediately. Like the King of the invention of Pierre Droz, and he is well paid, I bought the clock.
Emboldened by success, Droz planned on returning home to a mechanism similar to the human rights and committing traffic. It was audacious plan wizard, which felt its power over the wheels and levers. To build a mechanical man, it was necessary to have a fine knowledge of the mechanics and great ingenuity. And, nevertheless, Pierre Droz warmly took up her permission.
Twenty months of continued hard work. Often Draw stayed well past midnight by the light of an oil lamp. Finally, in 1770, in the spring, was born the first mechanical man. It was a mechanical "writing a boy."
The scribe was the size of a five-year child. He sat on a bench in front of a table, and the entire drive mechanism is housed inside the doll, making it look more elegant. In his right hand man was a little mechanical quill (in those days steel pens did not know). Scribe pen dipped in ink standing in front of him and wrote various words and phrases, even without human intervention.
The letters were large and beautiful, even with the pressure and placed in neat rows. Between the words leave gaps.
When the mechanical man wrote, he moved his head and seemed made sure that he is writing. Having finished work, scribe sheet sprinkled with sand to dry the ink, and then shook it.