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Subject Water clocks

1. Add MS 23391, ff 2r-21r

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 23391, ff 2r-21r
Title:
Kitāb Arshimīdas fī al-binkāmāt كتاب أرشميدس في البنكامات Archimedes أرشميدس
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the hydraulic and pneumatic machinery of water-clocks with thirteen diagrams, attributed to Archimedes (Ἀρχιμήδης; أرشميدس; fl. 3rd century BC). The title is given wrongly as كتاب أرشميدش في عمل السكامات (Kitāb Arshimīdash fī ‘amal al-sakāmāt; f. 2v, line 1); the final word should re...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Ff. 2r-21r

2. Or 7873

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7873
Title:
Tangmu yuyong. To 當無有用. 圖
Scope & Content:
Illustrations of agricultural machinery, modes of transport and other devices, including clocks, water wheels, windmills, fire engines, revolving bookshelves and looms.The manuscript may have been inspired by, or be a partial translation of, Agostino Ramelli's work Le diverse et artificiose machi...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Korean
Date Range:
1850-1900
Extent:
1 volume (79 folios)

3. Or 14270, ff 2v-14r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14270, ff 2v-14r
Title:
Kitāb Arshimīdas fī ‘amal al-binkamāt كتاب أرشميدس في عمل البنكامات Archimedes أرشميدس
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the hydraulic and pneumatic machinery of water-clocks with eighteen diagrams, attributed to Archimedes (Ἀρχιμήδης; أرشميدس; fl. 3rd century BC). The title page gives the title wrongly as كتاب أرشميدس في عمل الساعات (Kitāb Arshimīdas fī ‘amal al-sā‘āt). This early known copy of the te...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
28 Shawwāl 691
Extent:
ff. 2v-14r