Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices

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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiya
gptkbp:author gptkb:Al-Jazari
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin Artuqid Sultanate
gptkbp:genre engineering treatise
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices
gptkbp:illustrator true
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Hero_of_Alexandria
gptkb:Banu_Musa
gptkbp:manuscriptLocation gptkb:Topkapi_Palace_Museum_Library
Suleymaniye Library
gptkbp:notableFor detailed mechanical designs
early programmable machines
influence on later engineering
gptkbp:numberOfDevicesDescribed over 100
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:publicationYear 1206
gptkbp:subject mechanical engineering
automata
water clocks
hydraulic machines
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:History_of_Science_and_Technology_in_Islam
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8