Time measuring machines from ancient times all the way to the Ottoman clock towers

Name: Time measuring machines from ancient times all the way to the Ottoman clock towers
Author: Gad, Siham Abdullah

Title	Time measuring machines from ancient times all the way to the Ottoman clock towers
Author	Gad, Siham Abdullah
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 2536-9822
Record ID	cdi_almandumah_primary_1003669
Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes	This study is concerned with the tools and methods of calculating time. When we return to the first eras of history, we find that time had little importance to primitive man. Then the Neolithic Age began, in which man was relatively settled, and man’s view of time began to differ. With the Bronze Age, major ancient civilizations began to arise, and man knew writing. Then Egyptian civilization developed a special calendar that suited its needs, as man developed the first Egyptian calendar, and the ancient Egyptian began making his own clocks. Then the Greek and Roman civilizations developed various types of Clocks, Plato invented in Athens - a water clock and a water alarm as well, and we reach the Coptic era and find that they did not have machines different from those that existed among the ancient Egyptians, and when Islam came, Muslims were in dire need of determining prayer times accurately, and from here the Arabs were able to develop time machines, as Muslim astronomers built a group of highly accurate astronomical clocks for use in mosques and astronomical observatories, until clock towers appeared in the century (9 AH / 15 AD), which are high towers. It was located next to the main mosques in each city, and its layout was a huge tower with a square base, and at the bottom of the tower there was a door opening leading to the interior, which included a wooden staircase through which one could ascend to the top of the tower, where the mechanism for operating the clock was located. The construction of buildings of this type began in the Ottoman Empire in the middle of the century (10 AH/16 AD). The Ottomans built towers in many cities, whether inside Türkiye or the countries under their rule, and these towers I will study and research.
Görüntüle	Majallat al-Ittiḥād al-ʻĀmm lil-Āthārīyīn al-ʻArab, 2019, Vol.20 (1), p.161-196

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Time measuring machines from ancient times all the way to the Ottoman clock towers

Author Gad, Siham Abdullah

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Royal Danish Library

Library Asset ID ISSN: 2536-9822

Record ID cdi_almandumah_primary_1003669

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notes This study is concerned with the tools and methods of calculating time. When we return to the first eras of history, we find that time had little importance to primitive man. Then the Neolithic Age began, in which man was relatively settled, and man’s view of time began to differ. With the Bronze Age, major ancient civilizations began to arise, and man knew writing. Then Egyptian civilization developed a special calendar that suited its needs, as man developed the first Egyptian calendar, and the ancient Egyptian began making his own clocks. Then the Greek and Roman civilizations developed various types of Clocks, Plato invented in Athens - a water clock and a water alarm as well, and we reach the Coptic era and find that they did not have machines different from those that existed among the ancient Egyptians, and when Islam came, Muslims were in dire need of determining prayer times accurately, and from here the Arabs were able to develop time machines, as Muslim astronomers built a group of highly accurate astronomical clocks for use in mosques and astronomical observatories, until clock towers appeared in the century (9 AH / 15 AD), which are high towers. It was located next to the main mosques in each city, and its layout was a huge tower with a square base, and at the bottom of the tower there was a door opening leading to the interior, which included a wooden staircase through which one could ascend to the top of the tower, where the mechanism for operating the clock was located. The construction of buildings of this type began in the Ottoman Empire in the middle of the century (10 AH/16 AD). The Ottomans built towers in many cities, whether inside Türkiye or the countries under their rule, and these towers I will study and research.

Görüntüle Majallat al-Ittiḥād al-ʻĀmm lil-Āthārīyīn al-ʻArab, 2019, Vol.20 (1), p.161-196