The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:book
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiya
gptkbp:author gptkb:Al-Jazari
gptkbp:contains illustrations
descriptions of 100 mechanical devices
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin Artuqid Sultanate
gptkbp:genre gptkb:technology
engineering
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:European_Renaissance_engineering
later Islamic engineering
gptkbp:notableFeature water-raising machines
automated hand-washing device
castle clock
elephant clock
musical automata
gptkbp:notableFor mechanical automata
water clocks
automated musical instruments
early programmable machines
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:publicationYear 1206
gptkbp:subject automata
mechanical devices
gptkbp:topic automation
mechanical engineering
robotics
hydropower
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:German
English
Turkish
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ismail_al-Jazari
gptkb:Al-Jazari
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7