File:Al-Jazari - A Candle Clock.jpg

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Farruk ibn Abd al-Latif (CB)
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A Candle Clock from a copy of al-Jazaris treatise on automata, Kitab fi ma'ari-fat al-hiyal al-handasiya

Folio from Kitab fi ma`arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari (d. 1206); recto: A candle clock; verso: text
Date Early 14th century (AD 1315 December) / Dated Ramadan 715
Medium Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions H: 30.8 W: 21.9 cm
institution QS:P195,Q1075126
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Purchase, F1930.71
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current14:35, 20 November 2021Thumbnail for version as of 14:35, 20 November 20216,305 × 8,750 (16.89 MB)Nous (talk | contribs)Better quality picture from Google Art
08:43, 15 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 08:43, 15 March 2006600 × 868 (226 KB)Grenavitar (talk | contribs)* Description: ''from Smithsonian'' :A Candle Clock from a copy of al-Jazaris treatise on automata, Kitab fi ma'ari-fat al-hiyal al-handasiya Early 14th century (AD1315 December) /Dated Ramadan 715 :Farruk ibn Abd al-Latif (CB) :Opaque watercolor, in

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