7. Acknowledgement
This research would have not been possible without the hard work of my students, especially Miss Wai Yin Chang and Mr. Jonathan W. B. Chang, who assisted in the research work for FSTC as part of their research project at the University of Manchester.
8. Bibliography and References
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[1] Al-Jazari, The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices: Kitâb fî ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya, English translation and introductions by Donald R.. Hill, Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1974, pp. 17-41.
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