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Alpha, the robot, made its first public appearance in the U. S. One of the most ingenious automatons ever contrived by man, a grim and gleaming monster 6 ft. 4 in. tall, the robot was brought to Manhattan by its owner-inventor-impresario, Professor Harry May of London, and installed on the fifth floor of R. H. Macy & Co.'s department store. Encased from head to foot in chromium-plated steel armor, Alpha sat on a specially constructed dais with its cumbrous feet securely bolted to the floor, stared impassively over the knot of newshawks and store officials waiting for the first demonstration. The creature had a great sullen slit of a mouth, vast protuberant eyes, shaggy curls of rolled metal. In one mailed fist Alpha clutched a revolver._x000D_
1936
Title: Alpha, the robot, made its
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Alpha, the robot, made its first public appearance in the U.
S.
One of the most ingenious automatons ever contrived by man, a grim and gleaming monster 6 ft.
4 in.
tall, the robot was brought to Manhattan by its owner-inventor-impresario, Professor Harry May of London, and installed on the fifth floor of R.
H.
Macy & Co.
's department store.
Encased from head to foot in chromium-plated steel armor, Alpha sat on a specially constructed dais with its cumbrous feet securely bolted to the floor, stared impassively over the knot of newshawks and store officials waiting for the first demonstration.
The creature had a great sullen slit of a mouth, vast protuberant eyes, shaggy curls of rolled metal.
In one mailed fist Alpha clutched a revolver.
_x000D_
1936.
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