FTP, name this subject of that Edgar Allan Poe essay, a device owned by Johann Maelzel which featured a mannequin wearing a turban who excelled at a certain game.
After the death of William Schlumberger, the most famous owner of one of these died at sea and his version of it was purchased by John Mitchell, whose son Silas later wrote a book about it.  The earliest known one of these was created by Wolfgang von Kempelen, whose work was duplicated by Joseph Racknitz later in the 18th century.  One of them known as "Ajeeb" was destroyed in a fire in the 1920s, while the most famous one was the subject of an 1836 essay which compares it to the duck of Vaucanson and the calculating machine of Charles Babbage.  FTP, name this subject of that Edgar Allan Poe essay, a device owned by Johann Maelzel which featured a mannequin wearing a turban who excelled at a certain game.
After the death of William Schlumberger, the most famous owner of one of these died at sea and his version of it was purchased by John Mitchell, whose son Silas later wrote a book about it.  
the chess player or chess automaton or the Turk (accept alternatives)