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[quote=Anonymous]Mechanical Genius, Al-Jazari (1136–1206), the most outstanding mechanical engineer of his time. Al-Jazari is credited as a pioneer of some 50 mechanical devices, including water clocks, the use of a crankshaft in machines, a double-action pump that could raise water to a height of 12 meters and lamination of timber to reduce warping. These and many other inventions are described in scrupulous detail in his Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices, which enabled future craftsmen to reproduce them. Abbas Ibn Firnas and his successful 9th-century flight [img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4284504201_9ebee1ba95_o.jpg[/img] http://www.muslimheritage.com/article/uncovering-thousand-years-science-and-technology[/quote]
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