Water clock; leaf from a copy of the Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Deviced, 1354

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Water clock: leaf from a copy of the Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Deviced, 1354

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Water clock: leaf from a copy of the Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Deviced, 1354

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons 14th-century drawing of a peacock fountain automaton.

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Mechanical device illustration from Al-Jazari (1354 manuscript)

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Kitab fi ma’arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) “Automata” by al-Jazari; text: Arabic in black naskhi script; recto: Part of a water-clock, with…

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Folio from Kitab fi maarifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices), Automata by al-Jazari; recto part of a water-clock, with a man seated; verso text, Mamluk period (1354)

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Folio from an Automata by al-Jazari; recto: Mechanical device for pouring a drink; verso: text. Egypt, 1354. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery S1986.108

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Al-Jazari, Mechanical device for pouring a drink 1354 (Calligrapher) Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Izmiri

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Al-Jazari, Mechanical device for pouring a drink 1354 (detail)

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Mechanical device illustration from Al-Jazari (1354 manuscript)