Baghdad Clock: Emperor Harun-al-Rashid Gift to Roman Emperor Charlemagne

Wadaich

Prime Minister (20k+ posts)

Baghdad Clock in Aachen: Harun-al-Rashid’s Gift to Charlemagne


Along with an elephant whose name in Arabic meant “the father of intelligence,” Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid presented Holy Roman emperor Charlemagne with a mechanical clock powered by water in 807. At noon a weight dropped, bells sounded, and twelve brass horsemen emerged from twelve windows.
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Rambler

Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
So how does the clock actually keep time. Have you researched it or just pasted something without even thinking ?
 

Wadaich

Prime Minister (20k+ posts)
So how does the clock actually keep time. Have you researched it or just pasted something without even thinking ?
Me not a mechanical engineer. However, it is comprehensively analyzed by the relevant. You may please click the link ................... such clocks were in fashion. It is perhaps not the only one from that era. If are from this field ............ your analysis will be rewarding either way.