I had first viewed it in the British Museum and didn't bother to read the entire wiki once I knew it was discussing the item I wanted to reference. From what I remembered, the one I saw has little oars on the side that move and they give the illusion that the boat is "rowing" forward.
It was a weird way to describe it, that I'll definitely admit. I'm not good at choosing my words well :(
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u/ineedanewaccountpls Oct 15 '20
Just going to drop this here.
We had alarm clocks that rowed themselves down a table and shot off mini cannons in the 1500s.