Automi d'oriente
Subtitle: ingegnosi meccanismi arabi del 13. secolo
By: Mario G. Losano.
Series: Wunderkammer -- 2
Publisher: Medusa
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Milano
Language: ita
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9788888130781
Subjects: Jazarī, Ismā'il ibn al-Razzāz, -- fl. 1181-1204.; Mechanical engineering -- Early works to 1800.; Mechanical movements -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Bound.

M. G. Losano, professor at the University of Milan.

On the early 13th-cent. Arab ms. by al-Jazari on ingenious mechanisms, and the theories which favoured the harmony between science and art in Arab mechanics, point of comparison with modern technology.

Includes bibliographical references.