Ṣan‘at al-zāmir صنعة الزامر Apollonius the carpenter and geometer أبلنيوس النجار الهندسي
Add MS 23391, ff 21r-25v
10 items in this record
Search within this record
The record is made up of ff. 21r-25v. It was created in 16th century. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
About this record
- Content
Treatise on the design and construction of an hydraulic flute playing machine. The treatise is attributed to 'Apollonius the carpenter and geometer (أبلنيوس النجار الهندسي)', who some have identified as the geometer Apollonius of Perga (Ἀπολλώνιος; أبلونيوس; fl ca 200 BC).
Begins (f. 21r, lines 11-15):
... صنعة الزامر لاٮلٮثٮوس (!) النجار
الهندسي يتخذ صندوق مهندم مزفت أو مرصص من
داخله كله أربعة أذرع في عرض أربعة أشبار في ارتفاع
شبرين ونصف ويحجب في وسطه بحجاب حاف من جميع
نواحيه...
Ends (f. 25, lines 6-11):
... فخرج الماء من
الخزانة كله وتفرغت ولا يزال الخزانة الأخرى يعمل
حتى يبلغ وقتها فنيقطع ويبدا الأولى التي كانت تفرغت
بعمل ثم يفرغ هذه فلا تزال هذه الألة يعمل ما كانت لها
إن شاء الله وحده له الحمد والمنة وصلواته على محمد نبيه
وآله الطاهرين
The treatise contains four diagrams:
- Tanks containing two pierced floats, two concentric siphons and two valves (f. 22v);
- Tanks with two concentric siphons with valves and rods (f. 23r);
- Air pipes and flute at top of machine (f. 24v);
- Upper section of machine with water-wheel, gears and cam (f. 25v).
- Extent and format
- ff. 21r-25v
- It is part of
- 64 imagesRef: Add MS 23391
- Written in
- Arabic in Arabic script
- Type
- Manuscript item
Archive information for this record
- Original held at
- British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
- Access conditions
Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- Add MS 23391, ff 21r-25v
- Date(s)
- 16th century (CE, Gregorian)
- Select Bibliography
Edition, translation and study:
Donald R. Hill, Kamal Shehadeh and Richard P. Lorch, 'Construction of a Fluting Machine by Apollonius the Carpenter', Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften , 9 (1994-95), 326-56
Access & Reference
History of this record
Related material
Related search terms
- Subjects
- Organ (Musical instrument)--Construction--Early works to 1800Mechanics--Early works to 1800
- People & organisations
- of Perga Apollonius
Use and share this record
- Share this record
- Cite this record in your research
Ṣan‘at al-zāmir صنعة الزامر Apollonius the carpenter and geometer أبلنيوس النجار الهندسي, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Add MS 23391, ff 21r-25v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023493171.0x000002> [accessed 23 November 2024]
- Link to this record
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023493171.0x000002
- IIIF details
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100022555293.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- Add MS 23391, ff 21r-25v
- Title
- Ṣan‘at al-zāmir صنعة الزامر Apollonius the carpenter and geometer أبلنيوس النجار الهندسي
- Pages
- 21r:25v
- Author
- Please see item description
- Usage terms
- Public Domain