Al-Jazari: Moving Machines Before the Age of Engines

Al-Jazari: Moving Machines Before the Age of Engines

Centuries before the Industrial Revolution, al-Jazari designed water clocks, water-raising machines, and remarkable mechanical devices. 

He gathered his designs in a famous book explaining dozens of machines and how they were built and operated. 

These were not merely sketches, but practical engineering solutions that reveal the advanced mechanical knowledge of Islamic civilization.