Title
The Book of Ingenious Devices, large illustrated work on mechanical devices
Caption
The three Banu Musa brothers, Muhammad, Ahmad and Al-Hasan are widely regarded as the founders of the Arabic school of mathematics The Book of Ingenious Devices was a large illustrated work on mechanical devices, including automata, published in 850 by the three Iranian brothers working at the House of Wisdom (Bayt al-Hikma) in Baghdad, Iraq, under the Abbasid Caliphate.[
Date
1754
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP18A12_470
License type
Rights managed
Available size
41,4Mb (1,8Mb) / 9,7in x 16,5in / 2920 x 4961 (300dpi)