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1000 Year Old Robotic Drummers!? Al-Jazari's 12th Century Mechanical Marvels

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In this solo episode, I take a deep dive into the 1000 year old automaton drummers that were created by 12th century Islamic inventor, Al-Jazari. These VERY early robots are amazing marvels of engineering and predominantly feature drummers who play kettle drums and cymbals to alert people in Mesopotamia (now Turkey) of the time of day with extremely elaborate clocks. These drummers are direct predecessors to modern day cars and machinery, as Al-Jazari is credited with the creation of turning rotary motion into linear motion with crank and connecting rods, which is essential for making pumps and engines possible. Basically, drummers are at the core of the history of everything :)

Here are the links:

History channel video - https://youtu.be/fxjh_yodeBo?si=uK82GB1mWRxzQGKL

Al-Jazari Book (free pdf) - https://archive.org/details/cover_20200113_2057/

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Manage episode 430294499 series 2500947
Content provided by Bart Vanderzee. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Bart Vanderzee or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

In this solo episode, I take a deep dive into the 1000 year old automaton drummers that were created by 12th century Islamic inventor, Al-Jazari. These VERY early robots are amazing marvels of engineering and predominantly feature drummers who play kettle drums and cymbals to alert people in Mesopotamia (now Turkey) of the time of day with extremely elaborate clocks. These drummers are direct predecessors to modern day cars and machinery, as Al-Jazari is credited with the creation of turning rotary motion into linear motion with crank and connecting rods, which is essential for making pumps and engines possible. Basically, drummers are at the core of the history of everything :)

Here are the links:

History channel video - https://youtu.be/fxjh_yodeBo?si=uK82GB1mWRxzQGKL

Al-Jazari Book (free pdf) - https://archive.org/details/cover_20200113_2057/

  continue reading

263 episodes

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