C. G. Ludlow and A. S. Bahrani on “Mechanical Engineering during the Early Islamic Period” , I. Mech. E, The Chartered Mechanical Engineer, 1978, pp. 79-83.

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Al-Jazari, The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices: Kitáb fí ma’rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya, translated by D. R.. Hill. Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1974. In their paper [5], Ludlow and Bahrani raised the important point that it is more than likely that there is more on the subject in some of the thousands of Arabic manuscripts in the world libraries which have not yet been inspected closely, and obviously require looking into. Al-Jazari, al-, Al-Jami’ bayn al-‘ilm wa ‘l-‘amal al-nafi’ fi sina’at al-hiyal. Edited by Ahmad Y. al-Hassan. Aleppo: Institute for the History of Arabic Science, 1979. Introduction to the English version of ‘The Book of Secrets in the Results of Ideas’, edited by Leonardo Research Centre for the Qatar Museums Authority, p.11 a b c d e f g Pointon, Marcia (199). "Dealer in Magic: James Cox's Jewelry Museum and the Economics of Luxurious Spectacle in Late-Eighteenth-Century London". History of Political Economy. 31: 423–451. doi: 10.1215/00182702-31-supplement-423.

Though he hoped for royal patronage, and displayed, as was common, royal portraits in the museum, [4] Cox never achieved his goal. In 1773 a special Act of Parliament ( 13 Geo. 3. c. 41) authorised Cox to break up his collection and sell pieces by lottery. [5] The museum was removed from Spring Gardens in 1775, and after being briefly displayed at Mansion House by the Lord Mayor, [3] was dissolved and sold by lottery in May 1775. [4] Later career [ edit ] Vincent, Clare; Leopold, J. H. "James Cox (ca. 1723–1800): Goldsmith and Entrepreneur". metmuseum.org. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art . Retrieved 8 December 2014. Al-Muradi, Introduction to the English version of ‘The Book of Secrets in the Results of Ideas’, edited by Leonardo Research Centre for the Qatar Museums Authority. Ananda K. Kumarasvami, The Treatise of Al-Jazari on Automata: Leaves from a Manuscript of the Kitab fi Ma’arifat al-Hiyal al-Handasiya in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Elsewhere. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1924 (Communications to the trustees, VI). a b c d James Cox (ca. 1723–1800): Goldsmith and Entrepreneur Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History; Roger Smith "James Cox (c. 1723-1800): A Revised Biography" The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 142, No. 1167 (Jun., 2000), pp. 353-361

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Holledge, Richard (21 December 2012). "Magic Wrought by a Merlin". Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 19 October 2014. Ride, Lindsay; Ride, May; Mellor, Bernard (ed.) (1996). An East India company cemetery: Protestant burials in Macao. Hong Kong Univ Press. ISBN 978-962-209-384-3. {{ cite book}}: |first3= has generic name ( help) Online version at Google books p. 13 The main gear wheel is part of a pulley system that turns the crescent disc behind the roundels at the top. The Roundels and Crescent Disc For other details on Al-Jazari’s work see the book 1001 Inventions: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilisation, chief editor Salim al-Hassani, National Geographic, 2012 [6] and in articles that can be consulted online on www.MuslimHeritage.com (see especially the two folders devoted to Islamic technology: Al-Jazari and Taqi al-Din). Al-Jazari’s book contains 50 mechanical devices, along with minute instructions on how to construct them, providing an invaluable contribution to the history of engineering. The devices are grouped into six categories:George Sarton, “Introduction to the History of Science”, 1927, vol. 2, p. 510. Also: Krieger Publishing (31 Dec. 1975). References George Sarton, “Introduction to the History of Science”, 1927, vol. 2, p. 510. Also: Krieger Publishing (31 Dec. 1975). It is impossible to over emphasize the importance of Al-Jazari’s work in the history of engineering, it provides a wealth of instructions for design, manufacture and assembly of machines” [4]