Coin Slot Magazine - #080 - 1981 - October [International Arcade Museum]
The Oldest Coin-Operated
Vending Machine
A coin-operated vending machine was invented by
the Greeks 2,000 years ago. It stood in a temple, and
swung down, closing the valve and cutting off the holy
water.
Surprisingly, the device closely parallels one used in
today's flush toilets. A modern engineer could say it
was an early use of the feedback principle so important
in automation.
when a worshiper put a coin in the slot, it automatically
produced a measured amount of holy water.
The coin fell onto a small pan hung from one end of a
delicately balanced beam. Its weight caused the beam
to dip; the beam's opposite end rose, opening a
stopper valve and allowing the holy water to flow out.
When the pan carrying the coin had been tilted
enough, the coin slid off. Free of its weight, the down
end of the beam bobbed upward again and the up end
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