File:Folio from The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices (1354 Mamluk copy). Part of a water clock (detail).jpg

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English: Image of a figurine on a concept of a waterclock by al-Jazarî in an Arabian manuscript of 15th century, British Library.
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: 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).jpg
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Contrary to some descriptions, it does not show Saladin, but only a water clock operator.


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current00:27, 9 October 2011Thumbnail for version as of 00:27, 9 October 2011229 × 195 (22 KB)QuibikRemoved the coherent noise.
11:07, 23 May 2005Thumbnail for version as of 11:07, 23 May 2005232 × 200 (23 KB)GDKSalah ad-Din Jusuf ibn Ajub (Saladin) from a 12th century arabian codex {{PD-Art}

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