1886 – Ali the Electrical Automaton – De Lacy (British)

Middlesex Music Hall Place London, Holborn Title Middlesex Music Hall, … Enormous attraction, the sensation of 1886. Ali … the wondrous electrical automaton! Ali has taken nearly a life time to construct. Its movements are so life-like that it is difficult to believe it is not endowed with life! Admitted by press & public to be the …