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) 087.5(0.034.2) 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/ Knjizica14.pdf ISBN 978-961-6464-40-6 (pdf) 1. Gl. stv. nasl. 2. Slapar, Mojca 280353792