Al-Jazari's Elephant Clock
In short: Ismail al-Jazari's 13th-century elephant clock combined complex water-driven engineering with intricate automata to track temporal hours.
A 1:17 short film in the series “How It Worked”.
Sources used in this film: Springer, Cham, “Historical Significance and Modern Impact of Al-Jazari’s Elephant Clock”; Archive.org, “The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (Kitab fi Ma”; everything.explained.today, “Elephant clock explained”; Atlas Obscura, “Elephant Clock in Dubai”.
Sources used in this film
- Springer, Cham — Historical Significance and Modern Impact of Al-Jazari’s Elephant Clock · View →
- Archive.org — The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (Kitab fi Ma · View →
- everything.explained.today — Elephant clock explained · View →
- Atlas Obscura — Elephant Clock in Dubai · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Springer, Cham: Historical Significance and Modern Impact of Al-Jazari’s Elephant Clock
- Also: Archive.org: The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (Kitab fi Ma
- Also: everything.explained.today: Elephant clock explained
- Also: Atlas Obscura: Elephant Clock in Dubai
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