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Al-Jazari – The Scribe Candle Clock
Al-Jazari
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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
