"Reproduction Clocks"

Reproduction Clocks by Peter Haward

Left

Reproduction of clock from a description by Richard de Wallingford, Abbot of St. Albans 1328.
The first reproduction was made for Seth Atwood's Time Museum Illinois, USA in 1980.
The quarter size model made later the same year is on display in this exhibition.

Centre, from top

1. Reproduction of an Islamic phlebotomy device based on a manuscript by Al -Jazari 1280

2. Elephant Water Clock. Designed by Ibn Al Razzazz Al Jazari 1180- 1200 for the King of Mesopotamia. Constructed 1993 for Le Locle Museum, Switzerland

3. Dondi Planetarium Clock. Giovanni de Dondi 1364. Constructed in 1975 for the Science museum.

Right

Castle Water Clock. Designed by Ibn Al Razzazz Al Jazari 1180- 1200 for the King of Mesopotamia. Constructed 1976 for Islamic Exhibition at Science Museum. A second reproduction was made in 1986 for Envik Forum Water Purifying Company, Tokyo.