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President of FSTC with Dick and Dom in "Absolute Genius" CBBC Programme
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Scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, craftsman and...
Figure 4: A creative model of a device designed by al-Jazari (chapter 6 of category III) used for measuring blood lost during phlebotomy (bloodletting) sessions, a popular therapy in the medieval world. Taken from a MS of al-Jazari's treatise copied in Egypt in 1354. (Source).
Islamic Automation: Al-Jazari’s Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices
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Dr. Gunalan Nadarajan
In the following essay, Dr....
Figure 1: Elephant clock of al-Jazari, from a MS copy of his treatise The Book of Knowledgeof Ingenious Mechanical Device copied in Syria in 1315 by Farkh ibn 'Abd al-Latif (Ink, colors, and gold on paper; height. 30 cm – width 19.7 cm). Source: Metropolitan Museum, New York: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/07/wae/hob_57.51.23.htm.
Automation and Robotics in Muslim Heritage: The Cultural Roots of al-Jazari's Mechanical Systems
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This short paper introduces a longer essay by Prof. Gunalan...
