Tumbling Acrobatic Automaton: This Mechanical Toy Can Do Backward Somersaults

Here is a cool mechanical toy that can perform somersaults down steps backwards. Instead of mercury like the classic version from the 1800s, the Tumbling Acrobatic Automaton relies on a system of weights and levers to perform backward somersaults.

Only a few of these are made, so you will have to pay a hefty sum to get your hands on one.

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