Jaquet Droz Theologist. Physicist. Inventor. Entrepreneur. Sorcerer? In the Age of Enlightenment, Pierre Jaquet Droz had a reputation for being all of these things. Jaquet Droz was truly a man ahead of his time. His creations were as amazing and important as his contemporary Franklin's invention of the lightning conductor in 1752. So advanced were his inventions that he was shunned by people in his village and even stood accused of sorcery by the Inquisition. Eventually embraced by not only his villa...

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Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1721-1790), was born in Neuchâtel (Switzerland) and became an engineering clockmaker. He was interested very early by applied mechanics. His instruction and his intelligence allowed him to be one of the largest mechanists of his time. His son Henri-Louis (1752-1791) became his collaborator at a young age and brought his taste for the arts, music in particular. Among his apprentices was Jean Frederic Leschot (1746-1824) who was his right arm. He took over the management o...

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