The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices

The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices
Author: P. Hill
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 311
Release: 1975-01-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789401025751

To judge by the dictum of al-Ja~i?: (d. A.D. 869), 'Wisdom has descended upon these three: the brain of the Byzantine, the hands of the Chinese, and the tongue of the Arab', in the great age of the

The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices

The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices
Author: Ismāʻīl ibn al-Razzāz Jazarī
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1973-12-31
Genre: History
ISBN:

To judge by the dictum of al-Ja~i?: (d. A.D. 869), 'Wisdom has descended upon these three: the brain of the Byzantine, the hands of the Chinese, and the tongue of the Arab', in the great age of the

1001 Inventions

1001 Inventions
Author: Salim T. S. Al-Hassani
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 1426209347

Modern society owes a tremendous amount to the Muslim world for the many groundbreaking scientific and technological advances that were pioneered during the Golden Age of Muslim civilization between the 7th and 17th centuries. Every time you drink coffee, eat a three-course meal, get a whiff of your favorite perfume, take shelter in an earthquake-resistant structure, get a broken bone set or solve an algebra problem, it is in part due to the discoveries of Muslim civilization.

Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors ...

Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors ...
Author: Franklin D. Jones
Publisher: Industrial Press Inc.
Total Pages: 550
Release: 1930
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780831110307

''Many contributors have submitted for publication in Machinery's columns most of the mechanical movements described.''.

Medieval Robots

Medieval Robots
Author: E. R. Truitt
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2015-06-11
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0812246977

Medieval robots took such forms as talking statues, mechanical animals, or silent metal guardians; some served to entertain or instruct while others performed surveillance or discipline. Medieval Robots explores the forgotten history of real and imagined machines that captivated Europe from the ninth through the fourteenth centuries.

The Book of Contemplation

The Book of Contemplation
Author: Usama ibn Munqidh
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2008-07-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0141919175

The volume comprises lightly annotated translation of a key medieval Arabic text that bears directly on the Crusades and Crusader society and the Muslim experience of them.

Myth and Mystique

Myth and Mystique
Author: Stephen N. Fliegel
Publisher: Cleveland Masterwork
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781907804946

Focuses on one of the most remarkable examples of gothic art to have survived, a unique functioning table decoration.

A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times

A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times
Author: Donald Hill
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2013-11-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 131776157X

It is impossible to understand the cultures and achievements of the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, and Arabs, without knowing something of their technology. Rome, for example, made advances in many areas which were subsequently lost and not regained for more than a millenium. This is a knowledgeable yet lucid account of the wonderful triumphs and the limitations of ancient and medieval engineering. This book systematically describes what is known about the evolution of irrigation works, dams, bridges, roads, building construction, water and wind power, automata, and clocks, with references to the social, geographical, and intellectual context.