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in Reference To An: Cyclopaedia

The earliest known use of the term "android" was in reference to an automaton allegedly created by St. Albertus Magnus in Ephraim Chambers' Cyclopaedia. The term began appearing in US patents in 1863 to describe miniature human-like toy automatons and was used in a more modern sense by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam in his 1886 work Tomorrow's Eve to describe an artificial humanlike robot named Hadaly. The distinction between mechanical robots and fleshy androids was popularized in English pulp science fiction starting in the 1930s and 1940s.

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in Reference To An: Cyclopaedia

The earliest known use of the term "android" was in reference to an automaton allegedly created by St. Albertus Magnus in Ephraim Chambers' Cyclopaedia. The term began appearing in US patents in 1863 to describe miniature human-like toy automatons and was used in a more modern sense by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam in his 1886 work Tomorrow's Eve to describe an artificial humanlike robot named Hadaly. The distinction between mechanical robots and fleshy androids was popularized in English pulp science fiction starting in the 1930s and 1940s.

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The Oxford English Dictionary traces the earliest use (as "Androides") to Ephraim Chambers'

Cyclopaedia, in reference to an automaton that St. Albertus Magnus allegedly created.[3][7] The
term "android" appears in US patents as early as 1863 in reference to miniature human-like
toy automatons.[8] The term android was used in a more modern sense by the French author
Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam in his work Tomorrow's Eve (1886).[3] This story features an
artificial humanlike robot named Hadaly. As said by the officer in the story, "In this age of
Realien advancement, who knows what goes on in the mind of those responsible for these
mechanical dolls." The term made an impact into English pulp science fiction starting from
Jack Williamson's The Cometeers (1936) and the distinction between mechanical robots and
fleshy androids was popularized by Edmond Hamilton's Captain Future (19401944).[3]

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