Automata, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Early Modern World Jessica Keating ... two falcons perched in niches flanking the central door would stretch out their wings, tilt forward, and drop a ball into ... balls full of gold lilies, which he ...
A Historical and Technological Study Alfred Chapuis, Edmond Droz. two falcons , Vi and V2 , their wings spread , are perched inside two niches , below which are placed two vases B1 , B2 . The arch of the doorway is formed by twelve glass ...
... two pulleys, crescent disc displaying the zodiac, and two falcon automata dropping balls into vases. Weightdriven water clocks AlJazari invented water clocks that were driven by both water and weights. Theseincluded geared clocks and a ...
... falcon's beak and is then dropped into the mouth of a snake , which then swings due to the weight of the ball and drops the ball into a vase ... balls on top of the elephant ( Fig . 9 ) . * ГА Y II ふ العصر Miscellaneous Other chapters of Al- ...
... automata ; 10 chapters V. Water - raising machines ; 5 chapters VI ... falcon below which was a vase with a cymbal in it . Finally , on a platform at the bottom of the screen were the figures of five musicians – two ... balls from their beaks ...
... balls that fell. When it was twelve o'clock twelve horsemen in miniature ... automaton flute player.12. EUROPEAN. CLOCK. TOWER. CARILLONS. In the Far East, an ... into copper vases. Three times a day water flowed from a reservoir into a ...
... at the bottom of an alcove . Above them , in a niche , is a falcon and a large golden vase and above the falcon is a panel with twelve crenellations and a figure . At every hour the figure moves over one crenellation ; the falcon leans ...
... automata ; 10 chapters V. Water - raising machines ; 5 chapters VI ... falcon below which was a vase with a cymbal in it . Finally , on a platform at the bottom of the screen were the figures of five musicians - two ... balls from their beaks ...
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This book offers a fully illustrated, highly accessible introduction to an important aspect of that culture: the scientific achievements of medieval Islam.