He was like a mechanical figure, its hands actuated by pressure upon a hidden spring.

By the end of the 19th century, electricity had made new tricks possible, and mechanical figures went out of fashion.

Its mechanical figures put on an intricate show, beginning at four minutes to the hour, that is free for all who pass by.

In it is a weird room, with many strange mechanical figures.

He attends to the detail work of the mechanical figures.

The Shadow knew that they must have been mechanical figures.

The mechanical figures were fabricated outside the store, by a company in Brooklyn.

Living dead men, who moved about like mechanical figures!

The regularity of the man's step made him appear like a mechanical figure.

Like a mechanical figure he was moving toward the radio, as if drawn by some invisible force.