Ismail al-Jazari
Ismail Al-Jazari was a polymath. He was born in 1136 in Cizre (current Turkey) during the Islamic Golden Age. He was simultaneously a scholar, an inventor, a mechanical engineer, an artisan, an artist, and a mathematician. Just like his father before him, he served as the chief engineer at the Artuklu Palace. [1][2][3] He died in 1206.
Ismail Al-Jazari Media
The elephant clock was one of the most famous inventions of al-Jazari.
Diagram of a hydropowered perpetual flute from The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by Al-Jazari in 1206.
al-Jazari's hydropowered saqiya chain pump device.
Al-Jazari's Peacock Fountain
Al-Jazari's musical robot band.
The water-clock of the drummers
One of al-Jazari's candle clocks.
Automatic castle clock of al-Jazari, 14th century copy.
An illustration of a device invented by al-Jazari.
A sketch of a device designed by al-Jazari. From the manuscript of Kitabal Al-Hial in Aga Khan Museum, Toronto.
References
- ↑ "Medieval robots? They were just one of this Muslim inventor's creations". History Magazine. 2020-07-30. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ↑ "Al-Jazarī | Arab inventor". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ↑ "Medieval robots: How al-Jazari's mechanical marvels have been resurrected in Istanbul". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2020-08-07.