Automata - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Automata - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Canavas, Constantin

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060779
Doc. NO	:	ALei1176
Main Entry	:	Canavas, Constantin
Title & Author	:	Automata - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Canavas, Constantin
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,017 words)
Abstract	:	Automata is an Ancient Greek term denoting objects (plants or artificial mechanisms) that grow, act, or move on their own, without obvious external control. Illustration 1. Manuscript illustration (8th/14th century) of “the basin of the scribes”, a phlebotomy measuring device from al-Jazarī’s Automata . Automatic devices are most commonly denoted in Arabic by the term ḥiyal , which expresses the artful and evasive treatment of the principle of an apparently automatic action. As a technological term, ḥiyal is used primarily for artificial mechanisms that are actuated mechanically, pneumatically, or
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1176.pdf