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The first automat at 13 Leipziger Straße in Berlin, Germany [1] [2]) A food ticket machine in Japan in 2022. An automat is a type of fast-food restaurant where food and drink are served through a vending machine, typically without waitstaff. The world's first automat, Quisisana, opened in Berlin, Germany in 1895. [3] [4]
Quisisana was a German company that introduced the world's first automat restaurant in June 1895 on the grounds of the Berlin Zoological Garden, Germany. [1] The establishment was considered a success, selling 5,400 sandwiches, 9,000 glasses of wine and cordials, and 22,000 cups of coffee on the first Sunday of business. [2]
In what is the first documented description of how a mechanical cuckoo works, a mechanical organ with several automated figures is described. [53] In 18th-century Germany, clockmakers began making cuckoo clocks for sale. [46] Clock shops selling cuckoo clocks became commonplace in the Black Forest region by the middle of the 18th century. [54]
Often, things discovered for the first time are also called inventions and in many cases, there is no clear line between the two. German-born Albert Einstein, world-famous physicist. Germany has been the home of many famous inventors, discoverers and engineers, including Carl von Linde, who developed the modern refrigerator. [2]
'The Automat' review: Producer-director Lisa Hurwitz lines the documentary with affection for the restaurant chain from luminaries including Mel Brooks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Colin Powell.
In 1771 Richard Arkwright invented the first fully automated spinning mill driven by water power, known at the time as the water frame. [23] An automatic flour mill was developed by Oliver Evans in 1785, making it the first completely automated industrial process. [24] [25] A flyball governor is an early example of a feedback control system. An ...
In the 4th century BC the mathematician Archytas of Tarentum postulated a mechanical bird he called "The Pigeon", which was propelled by steam. [13] Taking up the earlier reference in Homer's Iliad, Aristotle speculated in his Politics (ca. 322 BC, book 1, part 4) that automata could someday bring about human equality by making possible the abolition of slavery:
The first North American automatic train stop system for the Boston Elevated Railway was introduced in 1901 by Union Switch and Signal Company. [2] The first unmanned driving test on rail tracks was conducted in Berlin, Germany, in 1928 near the Krumme Lanke station. [3]