FROM A FOOL TO A DRAGON



DO YOU RECOGNISE A FOOL? *

* FOOL IS THE SLOVENE WORD FOR A FLAIL.





A FLAIL IS USED FOR

THRESHING CEREAL GRAIN.

A PERSON USING THE FLAIL

IS CALLED A THRESHER.



ORIGINALLY, THRESHING WAS

PERFORMED BY HAND, BUT LATER

AN ANIMAL-DRIVEN CAPSTAN WAS USED.

GUESS WHAT ANIMALS WERE

MOST OFTEN USED TO DRIVE IT?



A HORSE, AN OX





PRESS THE BUTTONS AND THE SOUNDS

WILL HELP YOU DISCOVER WHICH

TWO POWER SOURCES REPLACED

DRAFT ANIMALS.





AND THESE ARE…

THE STEAM-POWERED

TRACTION ENGINE.

THE INTERNAL

COMBUSTION

ENGINE.



AND WHAT IS A DRAGON DOING

IN THE MUSEUM? NOT JUST ANY

DRAGON, BUT ONE SPITTING GRAINS

AND STRAW BALES INSTEAD OF FIRE!



ZMAJ (DRAGON) WAS

THE NAME OF THE FACTORY

MANUFACTURING

COMBINE HARVESTERS.





A FLAIL

CAPSTAN

THE STEAM-POWERED

TRACTION

ENGINE.

THE INTERNAL

COMBUSTION

ENGINE.

COMBINE

HARVESTERS

YOU CAN SEE OBJECTS CONNECTED

WITH CEREAL GRAIN THRESHING

IN THE TECHNICAL MUSEUM OF SLOVENIA.

IT WON’T BE DIFFICULT TO FIND THE FOOL, BUT THE DRAGON IS VERY GOOD

AT HIDING FROM VISITORS…



LET THE WORK BE HEARD

FROM A FOOL TO A DRAGON

Text: Irena Marušič, Mojca Slapar Illustrations: Matjaž Dekleva Expert consultants: Boris Brovinsky, Estera Cerar, Milojka Čepon, Romana Erhatič Širnik, Irena Marušič, Mojca Slapar, Vladimir Vilman English translation: Melita Silič Book design: Maša Kozjek

Logotype design: Faculty of Architecture Preparation of e-book: Urša Vodopivec Technical Museum of Slovenia, 2015

Director: Natalija Polenec CIP - Kataložni zapis o publikaciji Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica, Ljubljana 631.3(02.053.2)(0.034.2)

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MARUŠIČ, Irena

From a fool to a dragon [Elektronski vir] / [text Irena Marušič, Mojca Slapar ; illustrations Matjaž Dekleva ; English translation Melita Silič]. -

Ljubljana : Tehniški muzej Slovenije, 2015. - (Let the work be heard) Način dostopa (URL): http://www.tms.si/fck_files/file/Naj_se_slisi_delo/

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ISBN 978-961-6464-40-6 (pdf) 1. Gl. stv. nasl. 2. Slapar, Mojca 280353792