Al-Jazari's Elephant Clock

[SSaiyan6]

can some tell the full name of the film?

[merseystate1]

I am soooooo tired of these constant religious remarks. They have NOTHING to do with the man who was a great Engineer, light years ahead of his time and surely on par with a Da Vinci. But what has this got to do with Islam? You guys need to get a grip on reality and stop trying to convince the world of your faith. There are great men and woman in every culture and faith. Treasure them for who they were and what they have done and stop using them to promote your own ideals.

[lololikeszoey]

@merseystate1 we have the right to be proud of what Muslim inventors and creators have done to the world just like when Americans and Christians are proud of what their inventors have done or any other country

and it's not promoting, it's just stating the facts

[dynamic03]

@merseystate1 Then how come we are linked with terrorism all the damn time? Why can't they show clips like these on CNN and Fox news to educate the ones that have no idea what Islam truly is?

[nowetizki]

@merseystate1 your opinion seems to be logic, but in fact Al-Jazry mentioned this great invention in a book which he called "The integration between science & religion in tricks industry", simply the title told that he wouldn't be motivated to invent such great things without his religion, the book also contains about 60 other amazing inventions such as a pump working by nowadays car pistons system and the first secret code safe ever.

[merseystate1]

I am soooooo tired of these constant religious remarks. They have NOTHING to do with the man who was a great Engineer, light years ahead of his time and surely on par with a Da Vinci. But what has this got to do with Islaam? You guys need to get a grip on reality and stop trying to convince the world of your faith. There are great men and woman in every culture and faith. Treasure them for who they were and what they have done and stop using them to promote your own ideals.

[mrfadi]

@merseystate1 if u think that way that mean you are smart guy to say something like that, but the truth is Europeans and Americans trying to put all those genius peoples who was lived in Islamic empire in the grave of history, will they also trying to tell every one that Muslims are animals, they didn't invent or make any thing useful and that why we are offending our self, so u can't blame any one and u can't take that right from us while u keeping attacking our history and our religion so !

[98954043]

Islam is Education and Education is Islam. U must know it.

[TonyLoco23]

Fascinating, I wonder how accurate this thing was. When it says that the tank sits "inside" the elephant's body, is this a mistranslation? Does it really mean "on top of"?

[Assemovic]

Really I am proud to be Muslim, and Impressed with this work and using of physical concepts, Great Thanks for kashf on this video :)

[ytba]

CORRECTION - I said about the Su Sung clock preceded the Al Jazari by about 200 years. It was actually about 120 years, but still long enough that Al Jazari wasn't the first to do that sort of thing.

[ytba]

Google this --- "A History of Mechanical Clocks"‏ Fjordman --- to see that even though some Muslims tried to advance technology, the religious authorities prevented it. Muslims can be as creative as anyone else, but not if they have to adhere to sharia law. Islam is NOT the inspiration for those inventions. It doesn't inspire innovation, but stifles it.

[nadialejandra]

@ytba have u read the Quran to say the religious authorities prevented? here in youtube there is a documentary that shows how the Quran leads to science. Dont speak without knowledge and read some more history.

[ytba]

@nadialejandra

LOL - If Islam fostered intellectual growth, you would have had some. If Islam fostered science, you would have beaten the West to discoveries you still can't even use because they are "evil," because they aren't mentioned in the koran. History virtually screams "Islam is a dead end," both spiritually and materially. If Islam lead to science, you would have found it long before anyone else, but you didn't. QED

[nadialejandra]

@ytba Your lack of evidences and good arguments leads u to insult me ...poor thing. Any way the good thing is that the ones who invested and set up the exhibition in the science museum obviously found what you dont want to admit...byeeeeeeeeee

[lololikeszoey]

@ytba when Europe was going through the dark ages Muslims were going through the golden ages where they invented and created, and lots of the things we have now are ideas and creations inspired from the Muslims

[ytba]

Su Sung (Su Song) made a giant water powered MECHANICAL clock in the 11'th century, about 200 years prior to Al Jazari. Then it was the Europeans who advanced the mechanical technology. So you had one talented Muslim (probably a forced convert) who could copy and slightly improve on the technology of others, big deal. You did nothing with it yourselves, and it inspired no one outside yourselves. It was a dead end, as is everything Islamic.

[sunnyblueus]

@ytba

Dude, you are a complete ignoramus. Look ibn sina, the banu musa brothers and many other muslim scientists who make great strides in almost every field of science

[ytba]

Water clocks were invented several thousand years prior to Mohammed's birth, and have nothing whatever to do with Islam. This is just a novel variation on a pre-existing theme, and with extant technology.

[rwpla]

there..., do you feel better now?!

[benguesmia]

Hi there

I am sorry to say that this video shows only a drop in the ocean of what Muslims contributed to the world especially Europe. What will your reaction be when you know about other facinating discoveries by Muslims from the 7th Century. I would be interested to know about these water clocks that you mentioned were invented thousands of years before the birth of Mohamed (PBUH). Peace

[benguesmia]

Sorry i also forgot to let you know if you want to know more the science museum is running a big exibition about Muslim inventions which is going to be on display until April. So go and have a look for yourself. Peace

[sunnyblueus]

@ytba

Existing technology my ass. This is a mechanized water clock and automaton. The ancient Egyptians invented the first water clock and it was highly primitive. That turning gears you see, is AL-Jazari's invention and almost everything now uses a crankshaft

[kamelsk]

just for ur knowledge...

almost every crankshaft functions using a gear!

[sunnyblueus]

@kamelsk Guess who is credited with creating the first crank shaft, Aljazari. Not something I made up. Read 1001 inventions that changed the world Pg. 153. Here is an excerpt. "A brilliant inventor he made one of the most significant contributions to human engineering in 1206 by devising the world'd first crank shaft"

[kamelsk]

i am WITH al jazari!

ddnt read much about him! but am sure he did way too many things we are using now!

[sunnyblueus]

@kamelsk

He is the father of modern engineering. He created the first robot. Watch this video:youtube(dot)com/watch?v=­y9fqfnKKCN8&feature=related

He did so many amazing things him and ibn sina and others. But unfortunately most arabs now don't get education

[kamelsk]

its not that most arabs are uneducated... i am an undergraduate mechatronics engineer n i am an arab... most arabs do know many things but the point is that they dont know much about our islamic golden age!

[rock3tcat]

This is Islam!

[arnisjutsus]

fantastic

[PzKpfw]

The equal nauter of Islam.

[anallycious]

Subhanallah!

thats a Islam invention.

the first elephan clock!

[AHMEDSHARK4313]

That is Islam

[TheGuyFromLastNight3]

@AHMEDSHARK4313 Yes it is.

[PaulWatsonisgreat]

PAUL WATSON

[EUrulez]

amazing !!