"No inference can give a juster idea of Des Cartes's doctrine of automata, than Mr. Regis's comparison of some hydraulic machines, to be seen in certain grottos and fountains, that serve as ornaments to the splendid mansions of the great; where water exerts itself by the disposition of the pipes, and some exterior pressure, by which means the machinery is put into motion."
Select Essays from the Encyclopedy
<u>Select Essays from the Encyclopedy, Being the Most Curious, Entertaining, and Instructive Parts of That Very Extensive Work, Written by Mallet, Diderot, D'alembert, and Others</u>. (London: Printed for Samuel Leacroft, 1772). 