Arabic in the Sciences
The Book of Ingenious Mechanical Devices
الجامع بين العلم والعمل في صناعة الحيل
Al-Jazari's Book of Ingenious Devices – on automata and water clocks – is the most detailed engineering manual surviving from the Middle Ages. It was never translated into Latin and reached Europe only in the 19th century.
- Author
- Ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari (completed his book in 1206)
- Field
- Codes, geography, farming and machines
- Arabic title
- الجامعُ بين العلم والعمل النافع في صناعة الحِيَل
- Latin title
- None – no medieval Latin translation
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