Wednesday, February 25, 2009

.::THE TECHNOLOGY::.

A significant number of prominent Muslim engineers and inventors have produce many new inventions. Some of the inventions believed to have come from the Islamic Civilization include the camera obscura, coffee, soap bar, shampoo, pure distillation, liquefaction, crystallization, purification, oxidization, evaporation, filtration, distilled alcohol, uric acid, nitric acid, alembic, crankshaft, valve, reciprocating suction piston pump, mechanical clocks driven by water and weights, combination lock, quilting, pointed arch, scalpel, bone saw, forceps, surgical catgut, windmill, inoculation, smallpox vaccine, fountain pen, cryptanalysis, frequency analysis, three-course meal, stained glass and quartz glass, Persian carpet, celestial globe.

Our group also would
love to present you some pictures that related to the technology during the Islamic civilization:

a) Water Supply and irrigation


b) Water raising machine

c) Monumental water clock


d) Twin cylinder section pump of al-Jazari