Pengguna:Erik Evrest/Bak pasir/1: Perbedaan antara revisi

Setelah setahun di London, Kempelen dan Turk kemudian mengunjungi Leipzig, berhenti di berbagai kota Eropa di setiap perjalanan. From Leipzig, it went to [[Dresden]], dimana [[Joseph Friedrich Freiherr von Racknitz]] viewed the Turk and published his findings in ''Über den Schachspieler des Herrn von Kempelen, nebst einer Abbildung und Beschreibung seiner Sprachmachine'', along dengan menampilkan gambaran dugaannya mengenai bagaimana mesin ini beroperasi. It then berpindah ke [[Amsterdam]], setelah which Kempelen is mengatakan to have accepted an invitation to Istana [[Sanssouci]] di [[Potsdam]] of [[Friedrich II dari Prussia|FrederickFriedrich Agung]], [[Kerajaan Prussia|Raja Prussia]]. The story goes that Frederick enjoyed the Turk so much that he paid a large sum of money to Kempelen in exchange for the Turk's secrets. Frederick tidak pernah memberikan rahasianya away, namun was reportedly disappointed to learn how the machine worked.<ref>Levitt, 33–37.</ref> (This story is almost certainly apocryphal; there is no evidence of the Turk's encounter bersama Frederick, the first mention of which comes in the awal abad ke-19, by which time the Turk was juga incorrectly said to dapat bermain melawan George III dari Inggris.<ref>Standage, 90-91</ref>) It seems most likely that the machine stayed dormant at Istana Schönbrunn for over dua dekade, although Kempelen attempted tidak sukses untuk menjualnya hingga akhir hidupnya. Kempelen wafat pada usia 70 pada tanggal 26 Maret 1804.<ref>Levitt, 37–38.</ref>