I don’t know what’s funnier.. the baby elephant chasing the birds, or when he fell and ran to his mom xD
The Silver Swan, built by John Joseph Merlin and James Cox, 1773.
Source: Mechanical Marvels, Clockwork Dreams (BBC)
oh wow, the “water” is an illusion created by spinning glass rods.
wooooooooooah
Always reblog the clockwork swan
This post is like a school trip flash back for me, must have seen that swan a dozen times as a kid. It still takes my breath away
I think we could all use this on our dashes.
Pure post
This is the kind of quality content I enjoy and demand
Sometimes the truth is arrived at by adding all the little lies together and deducting them from the totality of what is known.
Terry Pratchett - Going Postal (via terrypratchettparadise)
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