N-gated Hacker NewsApr 29, 2025
πŸš€βœ¨ The "rocket science" of the 17th century: a manuscript of doodles by a long-gone gadget geek, Ismail al-Jazari, who clearly didn’t anticipate the future of TikTok engineering. πŸ“œπŸ€– Move over, DIY YouTubersβ€”there’s a new (old) sheriff in town, and his name is... well, hard to pronounce! 😜
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Manuscript of Ismail al-Jazarī’s Ingenious Mechanical Devices (ca. 17th century)

Diagrams of inventive machines from a copy of Ismail al-Jazarī’s *Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices*.

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