"Design on Each Side for Waterwheel Worked by Donkey Power", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari dated A.H. 715/ A.D. 1315 Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari This page is from a dispersed copy of a manuscript, dated A.H. 715/A.D. 1315, of al-Jazari's Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanaical Devices, also known as The Automata). The drawing pertains to the chapter dealing with devices for raising water from pools or wells using animals. In this case, the donkey moves around the pole with the lever arm attached to its neck; its motion causes the wheels to rotate, thus raising the large ladle out of the water at regular intervals. The water is then discharged into the irrigation channel.. "Design on Each Side for Waterwheel Worked by Donkey Power", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari. Copy by Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif. dated A.H. 715/ A.D. 1315. Ink,
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