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The clock that ran on water
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Ages 7–9Al-Jazari designed automatic machines, including clocks and handwashing devices.
His book described 50 mechanical devices, including water clocks.
Al-Jazari designed a water clock in the shape of an elephant. A drawing of the design survives in a manuscript.
1001 Inventions describes moving figures in the Elephant Clock.
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