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Iranian inventions

  • KeroseneA clear liquid with a density between 0.78 and 0.81 grams per cubic centimeter, kerosene flows easily at room temperature.
  • Music sequencerIn the 9th century, a Persian engineer named Banū Mūsā created an automatic flute-playing machine powered by steam. This device used exchangeable cylinders…
  • LuteA cylinder seal from Uruk, dated to about 3100 BC and now held in the British Museum, depicts a woman playing what scholars identify as an early lute.
  • Armillary sphereA brass framework of graduated rings stands at the center of an armillary sphere. This metal skeleton represents lines of celestial longitude and latitude.