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Ridhwan al-Sa’ati: A Biographical Outline
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Fakhr al-Dīn Ridhwān ibn Rustam al-Sā'ātī (d. between 618-626 H/1220-1229 CE) was a scholar and mechanical...
Figure 1: Taqī al-Dīn's observational clock is shown in the right hand side middle of this famous picture of Istanbul observatiry. Source: Istanbul University Library, MS F1404, folio 57a.
The Astronomical Clock of Taqi Al-Din: Virtual Reconstruction
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In his book The Brightest Stars for the Construction of Mechanical Clocks (Al-Kawakib al-durriyya fi wadh' al...
Figure 1: Dr Geoffrey Roper (Source).
Muslim Printing Before Gutenberg
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Gutenberg in the 15th century. Based on his work on original sources, he states that some of the early...
Picture of the pump for raising water of al-Jazari, preserved in the manuscript copy held in Topkapi Sarayi Libray, Ahmet III collection, MS 3472 [2].
Al-Jazari's Third Water-Raising Device: Analysis of its Mathematical and Mechanical Principles
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Five pumps or water-raising machines are described by al-Jazari in his monumental treatise of mechanics Al-...
Manuscript view of the castle clock. Source: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Egyptian manuscript, Mamluk period, Accession number: 14.533 (ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 39.37 x 27.62 cm). (Source).
Al-Jazari’s Castle Water Clock: Analysis of its Components and Functioning
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The first machine described by al-Jazari in his famous treatise of mechanics Al-Jami‘ bayn al-‘ilm wa 'l-‘...
Figure 1: The three basic styles of a fountain.
The Self Changing Fountain of Banu Musa bin Shakir
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Amongst the mechanical devices described by the Banu Musa Brothers in their book of mechanics Kitab al-hiyal...
