Some people act like everyone was dumb a few centuries ago. They forget that every era of human history had its thinkers and engineers who did the amazing.
You know why people would sing a special song or burn a specific type of candle while making herbal infusions? It wasn't because they thought it was magically enhancing it, it was because they didn't have a watch timer to get the strength consistent. Sometimes we don't realize how much we've forgotten now that we have all these fancy modern tools to do those tasks.
It is, but it also make people lazy. Even as digital technology progresses, programmer become less efficient. One example is how a lot of new programmers don't think twice about optimizing data types. Everything is an int or a long whether it is a small or large number. This wasn't the case 20 years ago. When people had more limits, they had to put more forethought into designing something.
@@lostintranslation1957…I know, right!?!? People take the marvels of present day technology and diminish that accomplishment by living in the past. The fountain was larval of that time, but not anymore. It is still great to think about the engineering, but we live in an age that our engineering marvels are how to keep a man alive in a hostile environment and still bring them back down to earth alive to tell us what they saw 🪐 🚀🌎
Your sink has a siphon which is also a greedy cup, having the name of the effect too Edit: alright, it wasn't the best example, the guy beneath me with the washing machine was. I forgot about that one
@@txipiron half true, the fountain is real, it was constructed in the 14th century, not 13th, its in spain and is called the court of lions. There is still a debate whether it had function as a clock at some point how ever the physics of how this works is verified.
There are plenty of great history and art channels on UA-cam, you just have to search for them rather than letting the almighty algorithm send them to you as it sees fit. Happy Holidays!
@Monotheism_is_the_way_to_peace Arabs used to be the pinnacle of ideas and thought. Most of the technology of the ancient world came from there. Constant conflict and instability from foreign influence caused all the remaining educated scholars to flee or be prosecuted for having independent thoughts
well most people back then would struggle with simple concepts of today and of the time too, let alone comprehend what is happening here. this was designed and built by experts of the time, just like the masterpieces of today.
We have been dumbed down on purpose by the people who run the world's financial system and military. They've been around for centuries, and they see us as their cattle (goyim). They are the Rothschilds (originally, Bauer).
While people of the past might struggle with modern conveniences like GPS, cars, watches, TVs, phones, or light switches, their day-to-day knowledge and skills were often far more attuned to their environment and practical needs. A few examples: They possessed an impressive ability to navigate using natural tools, such as reading the stars, recognizing landmarks, or following animal trails, enabling them to travel from point A to point B with remarkable accuracy. Timekeeping was another area where they excelled, often estimating the time of day by observing the sun’s position, shadow lengths, or subtle environmental changes like the scent of blooming flowers. Survival skills were a cornerstone of their knowledge, encompassing foraging, hunting, and farming, with an intricate understanding of which plants were edible, how to prepare them, and how to store food for harsh seasons without modern refrigeration. They also ascertained ingenuity in problem-solving, frequently diagnosing and repairing issues with tools, homes, or transportation using simple materials rather than relying on specialized equipment. Keen ability to predict weather changes by observing cloud patterns, wind direction, and animal behavior was vital for agriculture and daily life. Their self-sufficiency extended to crafting clothing, tools, and shelters from available natural resources, showcasing their resourcefulness. Waste was minimized as they reused and repurposed materials, and their understanding of animal behavior was vital for farming, hunting, and even predicting natural events. Furthermore, they relied on close-knit communities where practical knowledge was shared, ensuring valuable skills were preserved and collectively honed over time. This deep connection to their environment and practical problem-solving abilities meant that, despite lacking today’s technological conveniences, people of the past had a wealth of knowledge and skills that modern individuals often lack. Two bike makers built and created the first airplane.
@@MATAX5 I don't work for free. In 2002, I developed a similar mechanism for a client-focused on indoor decoration. The project involved creating a water-powered clock automaton, which proved to be a unique and engaging feature for the house. However, it's worth noting that this type of mechanism is not well-suited for areas with high levels of rainfall. The design must account for excessive water, which can hinder its functionality. Fortunately, with today's advanced technology and materials, producing such a mechanism has become much simpler and more efficient. We now have access to improved motors, sensors, and engineering techniques for greater creativity and reliability in designs.
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@@MajdRidano, it's admitting you learn better with visuals, however Calling someone, who's a different learner type, an idiot. Is a quick way of calling yourself an idiot
the siphon is called a "pythagorean siphon" named after the dude who is credited with the pythagorean theorem - the siphon's functioning principle is the same that allows the so-called "greedy cup" to operate - a modern use of the pythagorean siphon can be seen in modern top-loaded clothes washers - it prevents your clothes washer from overflowing - you can see the same principle at work every time you flush your toilet - when the water get high enough, the weight of the rising water (and other stuff - eeewww) essentially increases the pressure at the bottom of the water trap and once the trap gets filled, the siphon kicks in and it pulls the contents of the toilet bowl down the pipe until the level of the water allows air to get back into the trap - you hear a glug glug and the water settles back and resets the water trap
They were known as Andalusian Muslims of Arab origin. The Fountain of Lions in Alhambra stands as a masterpiece, crafted by their skilled hands during the golden age of Islamic rule in Al-Andalus
Arabs or maybe berbers or the iberian people who converted 2 islam in the 8th century A.D or all of them! but it doesn't matter they were muslims alhamdl!
As an engineer, it just blows my mind how precise calculation would have been to ensure uniform rise in level of water so that after every hour 1 extra lion starts ejecting water. And some correction: 1. The bowl can't be filled at a uniform rate because if every hour 1 additional lion ejects water so it would violate rate of inflow-rate of outflow=Constant. 2. Also required volume of water as it fills the hemisphere increases with time so it can be compensated only when the central nozzle at the top adjusts its volume flow rate according to time. 3. Also v=sqrt(2gh) which means at a specific time as the holes are at different elevation the outflow rate through lions changes ( increases ) with time. If this is real then it's insane how engineers took into account all these things and made it reality.
It wouldn't need to be super exact. Being off a few minutes wouldn't be noticeable for a few centuries until the advent of pocket watches, and the effect of delta V could be canceled by putting the holes a little lower than otherwise needed.
Poor engineer then. Solution is simple - let bowl fill for an hour & make a hole at top where water level is. Repeat 11 another times and it's done. You don't need any nozzle adjustment or anything. Just make sure incoming flow is higher than outgoing 12 holes for lions.
Ooh also an engineer, didn't think of the changing flow rate requirement. Thinking the water shot out by lions are not removed from the system until full syphoned
If water input is higher than 12 lion output, everything else is easily solvable by adjusting the height of the output pipes location on the bowl. The closer you are to the top of the bowl, the closer together the holes need to be.
Me too! Back in 1986, I visited The Alhambra with my husband (who happens to be Spanish). We spent a full day there (and 3 days in Granada, overall), and NOBODY ever told us this! 😕
@@bigsmall246 (holds up a modern art painting) Just look at this masterpiece… with layer after layer after layer of white paint applied to it until not even a thermal camera can see what’s beneath!
@@bigsmall246 (holds up a modern art painting) just look at this masterpiece… With layer after layer after layer of white paint applied until not even a thermal camera can see what’s beneath!
This is at the Al Humbra in Granada, Spain. This capitol city, was built by the Moors, who conquered Spain and the south of France and ruled it for 800 years.
It always amazes me when people are surprised by ancient peoples' inventions and innovations. Those people were plenty intelligent. We didn't get to where we are today out of nowhere. This thing is INCREDIBLE!!!
The reason people are amazed is because our whole lives were taught that early man was simple and dumb. But God created us to be very smart and we were able to grow and do things as God intended. Man loves to teach that man evolved and therefore had no comprehension of anything loving in caves and grunting like animals 🤣 🤣 🤣 praise God for being our creator and Father.
In principle the brain of the first homo sapiens was as developed as ours today. So they were basically as smart as us. The only thing that's different is the immense pile of prior knowledge we stand on today.
The level of artistic brilliance and engineering mastery on display at the Alhambra is breath-taking. And the state of preservation is almost miraculous. I would strongly recommend visiting. It felt a real privilege to be there in person.
@@almar2957because this isn’t anything special? The Roman’s had fountains like that 1500 years before that was constructed. The invention itself is Greek and is approximately 2000 years old
Would have been noteworthy to mention that the Fuentes de los Leones /Bua Al Asad is like the entire Alhambra, is Al Andalusian („Moorish-Muslim Spain) genius. According to the legend, Christian Spanish later destroyed it but failed when they tried to put it back together. It was properly reconstructed in 2012.
@@szczepionzabijaka8476 We went to the moon six times and made sure Apollo 13 got back safely after the accident in space, today we have 2 astronauts stranded in a space station that are stuck there for months, many will say many things and make excuses, but in reality it's not the technology but humanity being dumbed down since the 1970's heading towards idiocracy and foolishness like flat earthers for example.
Actually, civilization was much more resourceful than we are now. Now we have a lot more research and data and technology, however, back then, people had to know how to do things they had to know how to survive. Most people now aren't capable of building their own homes or bringing water to an entire village. However back then, there weren't just plumbers that you could call. Everyone had to pitch in and everyone had to have baseline skills to survive. Most people now just need one or two skills in order to have a job and make money.
I read and hear things about the past and how we had all of these amazing buildings, architecture, and inventions and then look at today's world and feel like we have regressed in a way, especially in architecture
I find that remarkable with today's minds let alone the geniuses of centuries ago. I feel like this is further proof that today's society moves too fast to take the time to think things through.
For those wondering the siphon that the center of the fountain uses is called a Pythagorean siphon, for those who are reading this and going "Hey, I recognise that name" it's because it's the SAME DUDE who figured out the Pythogorean theorem (a^2+b^2=c^2)
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@JudyGoodwin-l9b I'm going to disagree. Being smart is similar to how coding works. We stand on the shoulders of the people who came before us to do even more amazing things, I'd say we are just as equally smart as the people were back in his time, we just have more knowledge avaliable to us.
In some respects, what's particularly cool about this sort of thing is that it can be easily 3d printed these days, so if you want a fountain that does that, it's a lot easier. They were able to set something up that does this with just old timey techniques.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade Old timey techniques are more impressive. Just look at buildings and roads today compared to times long gone, even art and sculpting were better in those days.
@@GoodOlTazzy Thats true for the modern man, but back then it was much more important because of no artificial lights (except candles). And for farmers time wasn't important at all. You just looked at when it was bright outside instead.
@@GoodOlTazzydaylight savings time was only ever important when electric lighting was expensive. It did save companies and consumers money on the cost of lighting homes and businesses in the dark winter months. Now, electric lighting has become a significantly smaller part of our daily electricity consumption as the amount of electricity used to make light has dropped so dramatically with LED lighting. The appliances used to regulate the temperatures in our homes and places of labor are now the significant factor, and changing the time of day cannot help reduce or increase energy consumption nearly enough to make it worth the cost of human suffering every year.
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@ you should watch the whole video this is just an extract, the video is called “ the ancient city that mastered water” the city being Cordoba. This is one of the simpler devices there.
Wait, so if it rains. Could it ruin the amount of water and then change the water levels which could lead to the lions spouting out water at the wrong time?.......
I would assume that the people were smart enough to know and tell each other that, in the event there's enough rain to disrupt the fountain (which would be quite a lot, I imagine), they knew it was inaccurate (or even, if it needs storm-level rain, they would be more preoccupied than looking at the fountain) :') And that after the weather event was over an official would "reset" the clock at the right time. (it's also to note that this isn't supposed to be an accurate, Big Ben-like clock, but more akin to a flower clock, which is pretty and somewhat accurate, but more of a curiosity than an official clock)
Whoever built this 400 Years ago, was a Genius. There’s a lot of things from Thousands of Years ago they would build, and we still cannot figure out how they did it. I think there were many highly advanced Civilizations before us that eventually destroyed themselves. I hope our Civilization doesn’t do the same….
Beautiful lesson! Thank you! ❤ we are so drawn to jump to judge or conclude or issue definitions. The bigger the ego, the greater the lack of security.
Not only did it act as a sort of sun dial, but the constant cool water in the center of that courtyard acts as a sort of air conditioning. The water would evaporate and a gentle breeze cooled that whole courtyard and anything surrounding it.
To get the timing right they would have to just measure the time and drill a hole at each hour mark. Wouldnt even have to know the flow rate. Modern day construction would over complicate it by measuring the flow rate and volume of the bowl and break it down. Ancients just went "yup been an hour mark the water level and drill"
I think the biggest difference of modern engineering from ancient engineering is that they put 100% effort, planning and time into their works, whereas modern engineering is fast, simple, and clean.
He writes on a device that performs billions of calculations per second engineered with the same number of transistors to fit in the palm of your hand and refined over the span of decades.
@frankiethefrog1752 where did he say they werent humans, why him saying a simple fact upset your fragile sensibilities that much, I didnt feel hurt when I read or saw inventions by jews, christians, athiests...etc
@ZphyZphyer Again, where did he say it was a horrible, it definitly wasn't Spain was kept from the dark ages in europe beacuse of muslim rule, and has a richer multicultural muslim and christian history because of it, no problem at all there
I am so glad you said “clever” and not smart. With all the smart things we are told about today smart phones smart tvs smart ovens smart smart smart, the word clever is a breath of fresh air
The new “smart” (-tech) means: “we crammed this device full radiation transmitters that are dissonant with the organic body and life itself.. Devices to monitor your body & home at the cost of your higher biological harmony. This lion fountain/ like all pre-1800 reset tech. is very cool, clever pleasant and safe for all life to be around ❤
@@santa_christ You know exactly what was meant, semantics also refers to when there's something unimportant in how the message was relayed that's not really relevant to what's going on.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade Huh? What are you even talking about? Just as the OP and I acknowledged, there’s a distinct linguistic difference between clever and smart, whether you know it or not. Again, don’t be afraid to put some thought into how you express yourself.
What will really bake your noodle is long long before this was created, Archimedes and other Brilliant Minds were inventing things much more complex than this. Like thousands of years before. Some of our best engineering and understanding of sound in architecture was lost thousands of years ago and we're just beginning to put it all back together. This was before the time that the Catholic church was putting people to death for claiming that we revolved around the Sun rather than the Sun revolve around the Earth and that the Earth was round not flat. All science was heresy and was considered pseudoscience until it became science.
Hey I toured the 1891 James J Hill (The Empire Builder, he had the railways across the northern US from Chicago to Washington and Oregon built) a couple days ago. In the basement next to the kitchen the servants would prepare food, they had a device with dozens of dials with 2 positions, open or closed, with unique numbers above each dial. Somebody asked what it was. This was one of the first electrified homes in St Paul, MN, and they wired every window and door with a contact switch that toggled the dial closed when closed, and open when open. It was a security system to detected every single window and door's state with a telephone next to it for the valet, maid or butler to phone the police if there were a burglary. They also had timed central lighting control and 16 gas fireplaces. It just made me think technology hasn't change as much as we think, only become more individualized and miniaturized.
The rate at which the lions drain the bowl increases every hour, and the rate at which the bowl fills decreases, so hopefully, the lions' drain holes are positioned to account for this.
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@rswgj Someone would have to have calculated how much volume would be filled over the course of an hour and then calculated that volume strictly in terms of geometry between each section of the bowl. Sometimes the most genius things come from simple ideas done really well.
If the holes were placed equidistant to each other then it wouldn’t account for the extra drainage. The other issue you run into is the bottom hold a lot less than the top (due to the curvature of the bowl). Being said, this either took extreme math and decent knowledge of fluid dynamics, or it took extensive testing and trial and error. Odds are it had both. Sometimes you feel stupid knowing someone back then knew fluid dynamics and extreme geometric mathematics and I can’t tell if I’m allowed to park somewhere or if it’s a no parking area.
You could empiric it pretty easily by just letting the bowl fill for an hour, drilling the first hole at the water level, letting it fill for another hour, drilling the next hole there. Etc...
Built in the 12th century Spain, when the Moors ruled. They ruled from the 6th-13th Century and brought many other engineering features to all of Europe during their 700 years reign. Truly astonishing time for European renaissance.
The moors were actually not a people, the word "moor" means Muslim and the Italian states were way more advance than colonized Muslim Spain at that time.
@kingbullyrock8739 well yeah, during the 14th century, andalus was reduced to Grenada, was in a decline , and was way past its golden age. While on the italian side,the Renaissance was starting
And the moors /Muslims got it from India ...there are many such and more architectural wonders still in India (especially the southern part as the monuments in northern India were demolished by Islamic conquests)
@@eldenfindley186so you're telling me, that if you were born in the 14th century, without being taught how it works, and using only resources from that time, you could come up with, design, and build this easily? You're pretty humble bud
We don't give the past enough credit,some of the things I've seen carved in hard rock all around the world and it was done better than we are able to do today,they were verry skilled and smart.
People don't seem to grasp that we've always pretty much been the same level of smart. Just the tools and the amount of knowledge to work with has increased over time
@@cookingwithmom8081 well i cant disagree with that, back then idle minds got bored and learned or practiced skills to pass the time. Nowadays we can just plop in front of the TV or computer and distract ourselves from our world. Thats not to say we dont have a treasure trove of educational information at our fingertips, but unfortunately we dont always use it as such. Dont get me wrong I'm guilty of this myself, but i do enjoy also learning new things. UA-cam alone has taught me a ton about gardening, geology, how to find gold and pan it out from the dirt, and a bunch of other hobbies and interests.
Super cool!! Makes me feel like everyone can create something with an idea! This is super beautiful and creative! Such an artwork 🎨 People back then were smart just as much as people of today! 😊 Truly believe this!
Ive been there. Alhambra, Spain It was built by the Moors, (the muslims and the europeans had a lot of fun times together, especially with isabella and ferdinand in the late 15th century
It the flow is a stable, constant rate, the bowl would never fill up at a steady rate, because it would lose water exponentially as it reached more holes.
Someone pointed out that the section showing the lions from above (shortly into the video as each lion shoots out water by the hour) "looks like a bunch of peckers" and now that's all I see when that part is shown. Gee, thanks.
What's remarkable is how they made the tubes inside the bowl. I don't know how they did it, but if I had to do it, I would make the bowl in two layers and cut or grind matching half-pipe grooves into the top part of the bottom layer and bottom part of the upper layer and fit them together, with a thin layer of mortar in between the layers (not covering the half-pipe grooves, of course, just the surfaces) to hold the two layers together and act as a sealant for the pipes, but even with that, imagine how precisely you would need to carve both layers to make this work. Both coming up with the idea and the actual craftsmanship involved in putting the idea into practice really are amazing.
This is incredible and bad ass all at the same time 👍👍👍👍 I’m a firm believer that in today’s society, we’re just finding out about all the things that we think are new…..is actually just us reventing OLD ideas 😮
Whoever invented this, should be the epitome of engineering genius. Universities back then studied Theology mainly, so it’s incredible to actually witness a spot of genius from the past. Wish we had more modern geniuses in society today.
People forget that people in the past thought the exact same way we do now. Engineers of today are thankful for the progress of the engineers in the past.
Brilliant engineering! Imagine how much intention, ingenuity, and knowledge were required to create this. We'd be hard put to create something this self-functioning today without a lot of electronics. There have been geniuses throughout history. And they had less to start from than we do.
You made me smile with 'do you remember phone books?' I worked in Directory Assistance for Pacific Bell in the Los Angeles area, for almost 30 years before taking a buy-out. Phone books, microfiche, and finally computers. Scott is pretty common: listing consistently around 36th-39th in popularity. At least locating a Scott wouldn't be as hard as one of the top 5: Smith, Johnson, Williams, Jones & Brown.
Well it was probably drained from a large lake or other water source, so the pressure would be pretty consistent. After that, it is just a question of letting water flow through the pipe into a large bowl, marking its height at different times, and installing pipes at each height.
@@sheeplord4976It's not that simple though. Every time the bowl fills up to another hole, that hole will drain the bowl faster. So the source needs to be constantly increasing the amount of water it pumps every hour and then go back to the lowest rate when it resets.
@jlight7346 nope, you can just make the holes closer together as you go up. The placement of the holes follows a simple mathematical pattern: hole 1 = 0, hole 2 = x, hole 3 = x+x/2 etc.
That is amazing. The differing volumes of water due to the circumference of each level and a steady water flow would be the challenge. The next problem is the water loss for each lion as they begin flowing. By 11 you have 11 lions flowing and must still fill to the next lion in an hour. Fascinating.
This whole system is pure speculation, the restoration projects that attempted to maintain this fountain for future centuries restored the system, and the fountain flows to keep the top level constant. None of it is designed like this clock This whole thing is based on an IFLscience blog post, which is totally guesswork
@@davidkilts1670 it definitely could work, but would take alot of specific spacing to make up for 1) the higher the water, the more water per second it takes to raise the level (wider volume) 2) the higher you go, the more lions are running, so the more water you're draining at once It might possible with enough flow tweaking,, but the video itself is absolutely misrepresenting the original fountain with outright false information
I wonder if the pipe diameter varies between lions-- smaller to start, perhaps? I would guess that the total volume of water draining from the twelve lions must have been significantly smaller than the volume draining down the center. That flush every twelve hours would be relatively violent-- I wonder if their drain would tend to clog up with unwary birds.
I thought when all the lions are activated and the water reaching a certain amount, the water is going to drain slowly deactivating the lions one by one.
That would lead to a stalemate situation where the inflow is fast enough to fill up to the 12th lion, but not beyond it, and the drainage rate wouldn’t be sufficient to empty the bowl through the holes without also preventing it from getting to the 12th lion in the first place.
The greedy siphon seems to be rather quick. So surely the lions turn off in order as the water level falls - but I think we talk more like a minute or two and not much longer.
This whole system is pure speculation, the restoration projects that attempted to maintain this fountain for future centuries restored the system, and the fountain flows to keep the top level constant. None of it is designed like this clock This whole thing is based on an IFLscience blog post, which is totally guesswork
That siphon mechanism is to simple if this id really how it worked; something that is filled slowly can't seal a siphon that large, it would either need to be really thin or much more complicated
Some people act like everyone was dumb a few centuries ago. They forget that every era of human history had its thinkers and engineers who did the amazing.
in a lot of ways, you had to be smarter to survive back then.
Meanwhile we’re stuck with clowns like Elon Musk today 🤦♂️
We live now in the most dumb time ever.
@@StLouis-yu9iz make it better.
You know why people would sing a special song or burn a specific type of candle while making herbal infusions? It wasn't because they thought it was magically enhancing it, it was because they didn't have a watch timer to get the strength consistent. Sometimes we don't realize how much we've forgotten now that we have all these fancy modern tools to do those tasks.
"Bro what time is it?"
"5 lions."
5 am?
5pm
Americans trying to avoid using normal measurements ... 😅
@@ratuldeoun7228 normality is subjective
5 lion?
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The plumbing to this site was gravity fed from the mountains above it. Its genius engineering.
Thanks
Really cool until it starts raining
@@RedSp4wnRain wouldn’t affect it for longer than a day, and when it’s raining nobody is going to go outside to check the time on the fountain.
@@Ordinaryhumanbeing-cg5vxyeah but then your clock is wrong and needs to be reset
@@Tempestus-f8pYou’re really complaining about this 14th century monument?
Before there was digital technology to run everything, people had to be actually clever. This is a true marvel.
Digital technology is extraordinarily clever.
It is, but it also make people lazy. Even as digital technology progresses, programmer become less efficient. One example is how a lot of new programmers don't think twice about optimizing data types. Everything is an int or a long whether it is a small or large number. This wasn't the case 20 years ago. When people had more limits, they had to put more forethought into designing something.
Do you think someone tripped over a stone and then digital technology appeared?
@@lostintranslation1957…I know, right!?!? People take the marvels of present day technology and diminish that accomplishment by living in the past. The fountain was larval of that time, but not anymore. It is still great to think about the engineering, but we live in an age that our engineering marvels are how to keep a man alive in a hostile environment and still bring them back down to earth alive to tell us what they saw 🪐 🚀🌎
Stop typing on your "dumb" phone on your "dumb" internet app and go outside to be "clever". 😒
I’ve never seen a practical application of the greedy cup. This is gnarly.
Oh, but you have! In toilets and washing machines.
Your toilet is a major one
Your sink has a siphon which is also a greedy cup, having the name of the effect too
Edit: alright, it wasn't the best example, the guy beneath me with the washing machine was. I forgot about that one
Fabric softener dispenser in your washing machine too. :P
@@_EyeOfTheTiger it doesn't empty itself after reaching a threshold tho?
Sometimes, i get sad about how much of a dump social media has become. And then, i stumble across such gems. Today is a good day.
Well, it is a fake
@@txipiron half true, the fountain is real, it was constructed in the 14th century, not 13th, its in spain and is called the court of lions. There is still a debate whether it had function as a clock at some point how ever the physics of how this works is verified.
Always has to be someone calling, "Fake" without bothering to actually check it out first.
Still here
There are plenty of great history and art channels on UA-cam, you just have to search for them rather than letting the almighty algorithm send them to you as it sees fit. Happy Holidays!
This is actually sheer genius. I can imagine architects, sculptors, masons, and engineers all working together to make this a reality
Muslims build this
Da Vinci was all those things and more
Yeah it’s more than likely some of the jobs you mentioned are one person. Unlike today where we specialize into fields of expertise
@Monotheism_is_the_way_to_peace Arabs used to be the pinnacle of ideas and thought. Most of the technology of the ancient world came from there. Constant conflict and instability from foreign influence caused all the remaining educated scholars to flee or be prosecuted for having independent thoughts
@@TNTHammer
It was not Arabs who did it but Kabyles zirides Dynasty.
Most people today struggle with the simplest concepts, let alone the ability to build or create something useful.
well most people back then would struggle with simple concepts of today and of the time too, let alone comprehend what is happening here. this was designed and built by experts of the time, just like the masterpieces of today.
We have been dumbed down on purpose by the people who run the world's financial system and military. They've been around for centuries, and they see us as their cattle (goyim). They are the Rothschilds (originally, Bauer).
While people of the past might struggle with modern conveniences like GPS, cars, watches, TVs, phones, or light switches, their day-to-day knowledge and skills were often far more attuned to their environment and practical needs. A few examples: They possessed an impressive ability to navigate using natural tools, such as reading the stars, recognizing landmarks, or following animal trails, enabling them to travel from point A to point B with remarkable accuracy. Timekeeping was another area where they excelled, often estimating the time of day by observing the sun’s position, shadow lengths, or subtle environmental changes like the scent of blooming flowers.
Survival skills were a cornerstone of their knowledge, encompassing foraging, hunting, and farming, with an intricate understanding of which plants were edible, how to prepare them, and how to store food for harsh seasons without modern refrigeration. They also ascertained ingenuity in problem-solving, frequently diagnosing and repairing issues with tools, homes, or transportation using simple materials rather than relying on specialized equipment. Keen ability to predict weather changes by observing cloud patterns, wind direction, and animal behavior was vital for agriculture and daily life. Their self-sufficiency extended to crafting clothing, tools, and shelters from available natural resources, showcasing their resourcefulness. Waste was minimized as they reused and repurposed materials, and their understanding of animal behavior was vital for farming, hunting, and even predicting natural events. Furthermore, they relied on close-knit communities where practical knowledge was shared, ensuring valuable skills were preserved and collectively honed over time.
This deep connection to their environment and practical problem-solving abilities meant that, despite lacking today’s technological conveniences, people of the past had a wealth of knowledge and skills that modern individuals often lack. Two bike makers built and created the first airplane.
I want YOU to build this for your community!
@@MATAX5 I don't work for free. In 2002, I developed a similar mechanism for a client-focused on indoor decoration. The project involved creating a water-powered clock automaton, which proved to be a unique and engaging feature for the house. However, it's worth noting that this type of mechanism is not well-suited for areas with high levels of rainfall. The design must account for excessive water, which can hinder its functionality. Fortunately, with today's advanced technology and materials, producing such a mechanism has become much simpler and more efficient. We now have access to improved motors, sensors, and engineering techniques for greater creativity and reliability in designs.
This is at the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. The whole palace is a wonderful,beautiful palace.❤❤
Andalus*
@@Soprano98Alhambra is the castle, Granada is the city, Andalusia is the region. So what’s the asterisk for?
@@FekalniVuz the one u ignored, Spain.
Andalucía, in moros time al-andalus
This is the comment I was looking for, why would they not mention where this was IN the video? Smh
This is actually insane engineering
It's in every American toilet too 😅
It's actually just engineering.
It is cool though.
This is Muslim, you re welcome
@@virtualenvironmentfellowsh6671 in every toilet of the west, but not in that way
you should see the machines the ancient romans used to build bridges and aqueducts
Alhambra in Granada in Spain
By Arab Muslim Dynasty ; Bani al Ahmar
The right name is "Al Hamra," which means "The Red"
Is this the place where the Spanish guitars of the same name are built?
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Where are you going after you die?
What happens next? Have you ever thought about that?
Repent today and give your life to Jesus Christ to obtain eternal salvation. Tomorrow may be too late my brethen😢.
Hebrews 9:27 says "And as it is appointed unto man once to die, but after that the judgement
@@Omer1996E.Cits Alhambra. It's Spanish again. Not Muslim Arab and berber
It’s odd that they cut out the off the video that explains it was Moores that built this.
Because they don't want you to know what race the Moors were
Moors, not Moores - sounds like a Department Store.
@@jamesbarbour8400 , 😆🤣
There are already comments, claiming that Arab Muslims created and engineered it….. so yeah there’s that SMH
Because shorts are limited to a minute, and the video is already 53s long.
I'm more of a visual learner and I swear your animations are top-tier, so simple to understand and elegant 💯
I can agree
Saying "I'm a visual learner" is basically admitting to being a bloody idiot 😊
@@MajdRidano, it's admitting you learn better with visuals, however
Calling someone, who's a different learner type, an idiot. Is a quick way of calling yourself an idiot
@@MajdRida no, saying that, makes *YOU* an idiot
Also you just got roasted
@@MajdRidawhat
Never confuse ancient with primitive
Top notch comment here, Devis and gentlemen!!
The most simple and most wise words
@@JKinder313 Umm, no. Arabs did.
@@JKinder313you must not know your Spanish history my dude this wasn't Europeans that built this
@@swordiebored4769Spain is literally part of Europe...
the siphon is called a "pythagorean siphon" named after the dude who is credited with the pythagorean theorem - the siphon's functioning principle is the same that allows the so-called "greedy cup" to operate - a modern use of the pythagorean siphon can be seen in modern top-loaded clothes washers - it prevents your clothes washer from overflowing - you can see the same principle at work every time you flush your toilet - when the water get high enough, the weight of the rising water (and other stuff - eeewww) essentially increases the pressure at the bottom of the water trap and once the trap gets filled, the siphon kicks in and it pulls the contents of the toilet bowl down the pipe until the level of the water allows air to get back into the trap - you hear a glug glug and the water settles back and resets the water trap
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They were known as Andalusian Muslims of Arab origin. The Fountain of Lions in Alhambra stands as a masterpiece, crafted by their skilled hands during the golden age of Islamic rule in Al-Andalus
Arabs or maybe berbers or the iberian people who converted 2 islam in the 8th century A.D or all of them! but it doesn't matter they were muslims alhamdl!
@@elhinm07 They were Arabs, their lineage was written on the walls of the Alhambra Palace. Being a Muslim does not mean forgetting your race.
not Arabs my friend, but muslim Moors, from modern day Morocco !
Were they forced to convert or suffer death? Many were
@@JontheBereanGo to Granada and you’ll find out which civilisation was eradicated
"Sorry I'm late, the fountain is off by a lion"
"My bad, forgot to adjust the Lions for Lionsday-Savings".
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It must be Daylight Lion's Time.
"You were supposed to be here a lion and a half ago"
Ur definitely lion😂🎉❤
As an engineer, it just blows my mind how precise calculation would have been to ensure uniform rise in level of water so that after every hour 1 extra lion starts ejecting water.
And some correction:
1. The bowl can't be filled at a uniform rate because if every hour 1 additional lion ejects water so it would violate rate of inflow-rate of outflow=Constant.
2. Also required volume of water as it fills the hemisphere increases with time so it can be compensated only when the central nozzle at the top adjusts its volume flow rate according to time.
3. Also v=sqrt(2gh) which means at a specific time as the holes are at different elevation the outflow rate through lions changes ( increases ) with time. If this is real then it's insane how engineers took into account all these things and made it reality.
It makes me smitten, thank you for your explanation tho
It wouldn't need to be super exact. Being off a few minutes wouldn't be noticeable for a few centuries until the advent of pocket watches, and the effect of delta V could be canceled by putting the holes a little lower than otherwise needed.
Poor engineer then. Solution is simple - let bowl fill for an hour & make a hole at top where water level is. Repeat 11 another times and it's done.
You don't need any nozzle adjustment or anything. Just make sure incoming flow is higher than outgoing 12 holes for lions.
Ooh also an engineer, didn't think of the changing flow rate requirement. Thinking the water shot out by lions are not removed from the system until full syphoned
If water input is higher than 12 lion output, everything else is easily solvable by adjusting the height of the output pipes location on the bowl. The closer you are to the top of the bowl, the closer together the holes need to be.
This gave the designer a real sense of pride
Slow clap 👏🏼 that was good
An underrated comment.
Deff underrated
Sadly, only some non-native speakers will get this.
Of lions
It doesn't involve only architecture but also the physics of flow of water in particular time interval 😮
Thanks for sharing. I have visited La Alhambra without knowing what this fountain did. Excellent!
It’s there? I didn’t see it
Me too 😮 so interesting!!
Me too! Back in 1986, I visited The Alhambra with my husband (who happens to be Spanish). We spent a full day there (and 3 days in Granada, overall), and NOBODY ever told us this! 😕
This is Alhambra castle /palace in Arabic Alhamra الحمراء which means the red palace, The pinnacle of Islamic Granada kingdom, southern Spain now.
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I am such a procrastinator. I’m always doing things at the 11th lion.
Love this!
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Very nice!😅
@@timopper5488 must have typed wrong or... wait ... ummm... I get it!
Such an underrated comment!
I love functional art.
One could even said, fart
Better than any modern art
@@bigsmall246 (holds up a modern art painting) Just look at this masterpiece… with layer after layer after layer of white paint applied to it until not even a thermal camera can see what’s beneath!
So it is design
@@bigsmall246 (holds up a modern art painting) just look at this masterpiece… With layer after layer after layer of white paint applied until not even a thermal camera can see what’s beneath!
This is at the Al Humbra in Granada, Spain. This capitol city, was built by the Moors, who conquered Spain and the south of France and ruled it for 800 years.
Alhambra is the correct name al-humbra doesn't exist
It's so genius tho
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Pretty straightforward, but definitely clever
Made by Muslims in andalus(spain)
Our ancestors we're more powerful than us.
DM us for proof ;)
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It always amazes me when people are surprised by ancient peoples' inventions and innovations. Those people were plenty intelligent. We didn't get to where we are today out of nowhere. This thing is INCREDIBLE!!!
The reason people are amazed is because our whole lives were taught that early man was simple and dumb. But God created us to be very smart and we were able to grow and do things as God intended. Man loves to teach that man evolved and therefore had no comprehension of anything loving in caves and grunting like animals 🤣 🤣 🤣 praise God for being our creator and Father.
@JosephPollari-gz2yc Agreed!🙏🏿
In principle the brain of the first homo sapiens was as developed as ours today.
So they were basically as smart as us. The only thing that's different is the immense pile of prior knowledge we stand on today.
You. Thinking they were ‘ancient’ people. And not just us, a few hundred years ago.
@@JosephPollari-gz2yc🤦🏻♀️ early man 😂😂😂 could you be more patronising??
The level of artistic brilliance and engineering mastery on display at the Alhambra is breath-taking. And the state of preservation is almost miraculous. I would strongly recommend visiting. It felt a real privilege to be there in person.
You where there ...how lucky !
@ The Alhambra had long been on my bucket list and I finally got to go there in November 2024
Congratulations, I hope you enjoyed it @@jonnie303
I was really impressed by all the Muslims did in Spain. Why aren't these things mentioned more?
@@almar2957because this isn’t anything special? The Roman’s had fountains like that 1500 years before that was constructed. The invention itself is Greek and is approximately 2000 years old
Would have been noteworthy to mention that the Fuentes de los Leones /Bua Al Asad is like the entire Alhambra, is Al Andalusian („Moorish-Muslim Spain) genius. According to the legend, Christian Spanish later destroyed it but failed when they tried to put it back together. It was properly reconstructed in 2012.
Alhambra, Nasrid Palace, Granada, Spain
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Muslim empire was Al Andalus there. Or Andalusia.
I’m here right now! 😂 nice place to visit
The old Andalusia.
Thank you
I love how cleverly designed this is, it's mindblowing how much they could do even ages back in time.
If we wanted to, we would colonize Mars instead of fighting in Ukraine
@@szczepionzabijaka8476unfortunately people like Putin are in power, so probably not gonna happen.
@@szczepionzabijaka8476 We went to the moon six times and made sure Apollo 13 got back safely after the accident in space, today we have 2 astronauts stranded in a space station that are stuck there for months, many will say many things and make excuses, but in reality it's not the technology but humanity being dumbed down since the 1970's heading towards idiocracy and foolishness like flat earthers for example.
Yes it's shocking how mentally regressed we are today. 😮😅
Actually, civilization was much more resourceful than we are now. Now we have a lot more research and data and technology, however, back then, people had to know how to do things they had to know how to survive.
Most people now aren't capable of building their own homes or bringing water to an entire village. However back then, there weren't just plumbers that you could call. Everyone had to pitch in and everyone had to have baseline skills to survive. Most people now just need one or two skills in order to have a job and make money.
I read and hear things about the past and how we had all of these amazing buildings, architecture, and inventions and then look at today's world and feel like we have regressed in a way, especially in architecture
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Yes,, I Agree.
Square traps energy, they knew that, back then. Today mostly EVERYTHING is ⬜
Absolutely like today we throw away the beauty and possibilities for the cheap and fast without regard for future
Capitalism and consumerism has killed culture.
Architecture was an objective step back. Imagine if we made buildings to be beautiful again. It's all by design they. Want us miserable and slaving.
You can blame corporate greed for that.
I find that remarkable with today's minds let alone the geniuses of centuries ago. I feel like this is further proof that today's society moves too fast to take the time to think things through.
What a brilliant and simple way of showing the time ! Thank you.
Simple..? How about a MAJESTIC way to show time
Pretty sure the sun already does that for free
Think for yourself please.
For those wondering the siphon that the center of the fountain uses is called a Pythagorean siphon, for those who are reading this and going "Hey, I recognise that name" it's because it's the SAME DUDE who figured out the Pythogorean theorem (a^2+b^2=c^2)
He also had a cult
These people were smarter than we are today. Amazing culture.
@@Eli1981-re5bh every group that had followers were described as a cult. Not the same meaning in modern times
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I Agree & kept Hidden the Knowledge they had, so keep us in the Lower mind, even squares trap energy, they use to create "BEAUTIFUL MARVEL'S" to view, that made the minds, feel better when viewing💚 EVERYTHING today is ⬜
@JudyGoodwin-l9b I'm going to disagree. Being smart is similar to how coding works. We stand on the shoulders of the people who came before us to do even more amazing things, I'd say we are just as equally smart as the people were back in his time, we just have more knowledge avaliable to us.
The amount of knowledge it took to make this work is what children today should be taught in schools today!👩🎓👨🎓
It has a name! Classical education! And there are many private and charter schools that teach this way!
Timeless, tech for public service, and sustainable system❤
Classical Education (Thanks for this @inthemoment875).
First we would have to stop murdering the children...
Today they will learn they can identify as a lion
WDYM? Children today are taught much more than they ever were "back in the day"...
Engineering vis a vis accurate mathematical calculations, hundreds of years back, is really astonishing.
That's so cleverly designed. Impressive stuff 👍🙏🇮🇪
In some respects, what's particularly cool about this sort of thing is that it can be easily 3d printed these days, so if you want a fountain that does that, it's a lot easier. They were able to set something up that does this with just old timey techniques.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade Old timey techniques are more impressive. Just look at buildings and roads today compared to times long gone, even art and sculpting were better in those days.
@keithking1985 Italian flag?
@@Xiroi87 Irish. Italian is green/white/red, that's green/white/gold.
@@TheGrimmCommoneri thought it was orange not gold😭
"And don't forget to roll back a lion tomorrow for daylight savings."
I was thinking about that. 🙂🖖
Daylights savings is useless and stupid for the average person.
@@GoodOlTazzy Thats true for the modern man, but back then it was much more important because of no artificial lights (except candles). And for farmers time wasn't important at all. You just looked at when it was bright outside instead.
@@GoodOlTazzydaylight savings time was only ever important when electric lighting was expensive. It did save companies and consumers money on the cost of lighting homes and businesses in the dark winter months. Now, electric lighting has become a significantly smaller part of our daily electricity consumption as the amount of electricity used to make light has dropped so dramatically with LED lighting. The appliances used to regulate the temperatures in our homes and places of labor are now the significant factor, and changing the time of day cannot help reduce or increase energy consumption nearly enough to make it worth the cost of human suffering every year.
Why do you think you're better than daylight savings? Why do people think that or kinda defend the idea on the replies?
Granada is beautiful and so is la Alhambra
it`s Al-hamra Palace not Alhambra
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these are black arab cities in europe, spain to be exact..............built not by europeans but by arabs
Sure is beautiful 🥰
seems very similar to a place I visited in Grenada! Muslim sculptors and architects were truly genius!
just love these animations! the amount of work you put in is phenomenal! keep it up brother!
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoy them.
It is amazing how great our ancestors were at engineering, they had such a comprehensive knowledge on scientific principles.
I mean, get a bowl and drill some holes in it, bro. Congrats, you're an engineer.
@ you should watch the whole video this is just an extract, the video is called “ the ancient city that mastered water” the city being Cordoba. This is one of the simpler devices there.
@@DampedGull2579the idea being in Islamic architecture that minimal damage is done to the environment.
@ oh, that’s interesting, I never heard that before.
Islam Pull the other leg all they know is to take up as much space as they can in every Country. Pull the other Leg. LOL.
People need to realise this fountain was some engineers whole lifes work
Wait, so if it rains. Could it ruin the amount of water and then change the water levels which could lead to the lions spouting out water at the wrong time?.......
Yes, but this was probably made in a place where it didn't rain often
Just put a ceiling over it
It doesn't rain that often in Granada, south of Spain
Problem is, it would forever be out of sync with the time of day
I would assume that the people were smart enough to know and tell each other that, in the event there's enough rain to disrupt the fountain (which would be quite a lot, I imagine), they knew it was inaccurate (or even, if it needs storm-level rain, they would be more preoccupied than looking at the fountain) :') And that after the weather event was over an official would "reset" the clock at the right time.
(it's also to note that this isn't supposed to be an accurate, Big Ben-like clock, but more akin to a flower clock, which is pretty and somewhat accurate, but more of a curiosity than an official clock)
The Alhambra and Generalife is spectacular! All fountains there use gravity. It's awesome to see.
Yo that's absolutely amazing! I bet a tourist or two spend the entire day there to just witness it work! Incredible!
You're not kidding!! I've spent the last 1/2 hour just watching this clip over and over!!
Whoever built this 400 Years ago, was a Genius. There’s a lot of things from Thousands of Years ago they would build, and we still cannot figure out how they did it. I think there were many highly advanced Civilizations before us that eventually destroyed themselves. I hope our Civilization doesn’t do the same….
Beautiful lesson! Thank you! ❤ we are so drawn to jump to judge or conclude or issue definitions. The bigger the ego, the greater the lack of security.
"Patio de los Leones" Alhambra. Granada. Spain
Al Andalus, modern Spain
🎉 Thank you.
made by muslims*
i can't believe they didn't even mention this
@@islamaroc modern Spain would never build something like this
Not only did it act as a sort of sun dial, but the constant cool water in the center of that courtyard acts as a sort of air conditioning. The water would evaporate and a gentle breeze cooled that whole courtyard and anything surrounding it.
To get the timing right they would have to just measure the time and drill a hole at each hour mark. Wouldnt even have to know the flow rate. Modern day construction would over complicate it by measuring the flow rate and volume of the bowl and break it down. Ancients just went "yup been an hour mark the water level and drill"
It would've been great if you had mentioned which city this was in.
It's in the Court of Lions in Granada Spain
@@neobarbarusdo you know if it’s still active?
@GleamDrawz It had been restored 2012 and it seems it's active.
@ dude that’s so cool! Tysm! Guess I know where I’m gonna vacation one day
@GleamDrawz Granada and Sevilla are probably the most stunning cities in Spain. You definitely have to visit if you get the opportunity someday
I think the biggest difference of modern engineering from ancient engineering is that they put 100% effort, planning and time into their works, whereas modern engineering is fast, simple, and clean.
Bro 600 years is not ancient times 😂 some of the greatest and smartest minds live then ancient is over 1000 years
Simple = Lazy.
He writes on a device that performs billions of calculations per second engineered with the same number of transistors to fit in the palm of your hand and refined over the span of decades.
Such a mastermind who originally thought this through, and the designer who created the sculpture!
It was the Muslims who ruled Spain for 800 years and developed our knowledge of the universe from.711 to 1492.
@@hameratahirwho cares. They are people like the rest of us.
@@hameratahirWhy do you say this like its an horrible thing (im spanish btw)
@frankiethefrog1752 where did he say they werent humans, why him saying a simple fact upset your fragile sensibilities that much, I didnt feel hurt when I read or saw inventions by jews, christians, athiests...etc
@ZphyZphyer Again, where did he say it was a horrible, it definitly wasn't Spain was kept from the dark ages in europe beacuse of muslim rule, and has a richer multicultural muslim and christian history because of it, no problem at all there
As a plumber I'm amazed at this , I'm working out how it works , took me 3 looks at video - genius 👍
Cool, I saw this fountain back in 1978
I am so glad you said “clever” and not smart. With all the smart things we are told about today smart phones smart tvs smart ovens smart smart smart, the word clever is a breath of fresh air
Don’t get bogged down on semantics 🙄
@@01hZ Semantics are how we express our thoughts to others, on the other hand don’t be afraid to put some thought into the words you use to do that ;)
The new “smart” (-tech) means:
“we crammed this device full radiation transmitters that are dissonant with the organic body and life itself..
Devices to monitor your body & home at the cost of your higher biological harmony.
This lion fountain/ like all pre-1800 reset tech.
is very cool, clever pleasant
and safe for all life to be around ❤
@@santa_christ You know exactly what was meant, semantics also refers to when there's something unimportant in how the message was relayed that's not really relevant to what's going on.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade Huh? What are you even talking about? Just as the OP and I acknowledged, there’s a distinct linguistic difference between clever and smart, whether you know it or not. Again, don’t be afraid to put some thought into how you express yourself.
Imagine the type of engineering !! Genius
What will really bake your noodle is long long before this was created, Archimedes and other Brilliant Minds were inventing things much more complex than this. Like thousands of years before. Some of our best engineering and understanding of sound in architecture was lost thousands of years ago and we're just beginning to put it all back together. This was before the time that the Catholic church was putting people to death for claiming that we revolved around the Sun rather than the Sun revolve around the Earth and that the Earth was round not flat. All science was heresy and was considered pseudoscience until it became science.
Hey I toured the 1891 James J Hill (The Empire Builder, he had the railways across the northern US from Chicago to Washington and Oregon built) a couple days ago. In the basement next to the kitchen the servants would prepare food, they had a device with dozens of dials with 2 positions, open or closed, with unique numbers above each dial. Somebody asked what it was. This was one of the first electrified homes in St Paul, MN, and they wired every window and door with a contact switch that toggled the dial closed when closed, and open when open. It was a security system to detected every single window and door's state with a telephone next to it for the valet, maid or butler to phone the police if there were a burglary. They also had timed central lighting control and 16 gas fireplaces. It just made me think technology hasn't change as much as we think, only become more individualized and miniaturized.
The rate at which the lions drain the bowl increases every hour, and the rate at which the bowl fills decreases, so hopefully, the lions' drain holes are positioned to account for this.
It looked like they all had less distance between them as you went up, so yeah.
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@rswgj Someone would have to have calculated how much volume would be filled over the course of an hour and then calculated that volume strictly in terms of geometry between each section of the bowl. Sometimes the most genius things come from simple ideas done really well.
If the holes were placed equidistant to each other then it wouldn’t account for the extra drainage. The other issue you run into is the bottom hold a lot less than the top (due to the curvature of the bowl). Being said, this either took extreme math and decent knowledge of fluid dynamics, or it took extensive testing and trial and error. Odds are it had both.
Sometimes you feel stupid knowing someone back then knew fluid dynamics and extreme geometric mathematics and I can’t tell if I’m allowed to park somewhere or if it’s a no parking area.
You could empiric it pretty easily by just letting the bowl fill for an hour, drilling the first hole at the water level, letting it fill for another hour, drilling the next hole there. Etc...
Built in the 12th century Spain, when the Moors ruled. They ruled from the 6th-13th Century and brought many other engineering features to all of Europe during their 700 years reign. Truly astonishing time for European renaissance.
The moors were actually not a people, the word "moor" means Muslim and the Italian states were way more advance than colonized Muslim Spain at that time.
@kingbullyrock8739 well yeah, during the 14th century, andalus was reduced to Grenada, was in a decline , and was way past its golden age. While on the italian side,the Renaissance was starting
@@kingbullyrock8739 this was way before radicalism set in the Muslim world…..then they went back to the Stone Age…..
And the moors /Muslims got it from India ...there are many such and more architectural wonders still in India (especially the southern part as the monuments in northern India were demolished by Islamic conquests)
Nasrid Arabs. Moor was the Byzantine word for Levantine Arabs
Genius is an understatement.
Edit: how the hell did I sart a debate?
Not really. It’s very simple.
@@eldenfindley186so you're telling me, that if you were born in the 14th century, without being taught how it works, and using only resources from that time, you could come up with, design, and build this easily? You're pretty humble bud
@@eldenfindley186 figuring out simple things isn't very simple bro.
@@shilasarkar6003yes it is. They had this, we have self driving cars. We are not the same.
@@orishaeshu1084they walked so we could run
its so cool how humans in our distant past were able to use very simple designs/tech to create very complex/accurate outputs like this.
We don't give the past enough credit,some of the things I've seen carved in hard rock all around the world and it was done better than we are able to do today,they were verry skilled and smart.
And no tv
People don't seem to grasp that we've always pretty much been the same level of smart. Just the tools and the amount of knowledge to work with has increased over time
Yep tinfoil hat folks attribute all of our species early achievements to aliens.
@@cookingwithmom8081 well i cant disagree with that, back then idle minds got bored and learned or practiced skills to pass the time.
Nowadays we can just plop in front of the TV or computer and distract ourselves from our world.
Thats not to say we dont have a treasure trove of educational information at our fingertips, but unfortunately we dont always use it as such. Dont get me wrong I'm guilty of this myself, but i do enjoy also learning new things. UA-cam alone has taught me a ton about gardening, geology, how to find gold and pan it out from the dirt, and a bunch of other hobbies and interests.
Not better then us in todays times
Steve Mould would be proud of your siphon explanation
The water around it goes down the middle pipe so they just had to throw in a couple buckets of water at a specific time to keep it cycling
YES haha,
OOH! It's like a large version of the archimedes cup that drains if you overfill it. That's cool!
Super cool!! Makes me feel like everyone can create something with an idea! This is super beautiful and creative! Such an artwork 🎨 People back then were smart just as much as people of today! 😊 Truly believe this!
Damn daylight saving time messes up my lion clock every time.
That shot from above 😂 the designer knew what he was doing
It was a con-"trolled sequence"
THANK YOU, I‘m not the only one
I thought I was the only one
I was thinking the exact same thing 😂
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Ive been there. Alhambra, Spain
It was built by the Moors, (the muslims and the europeans had a lot of fun times together, especially with isabella and ferdinand in the late 15th century
You mean the Moops ?
This trivia is really interesting including the infrastructure.....Can you please let me know of the source , so that I can read more about this....
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What?
@@baranjan6969
He meant moors which are north african/arabian muslim empire of Umayad.
tnx 4 i4ming us: where that is
It the flow is a stable, constant rate, the bowl would never fill up at a steady rate, because it would lose water exponentially as it reached more holes.
i love time travelling when it rains
Haha. That's a good point. im curious to see how many times they would have to reset this every year.
It would probably have a covering during wet seasons to maintain constant water level
@IamAyo. Makes sense. Either that or knowingly just ignored it during rain
@@IamAyo. Although I don't think Andalucía has much of a wet season 🤭
They didn’t have rain in the 14th century.
Someone pointed out that the section showing the lions from above (shortly into the video as each lion shoots out water by the hour) "looks like a bunch of peckers" and now that's all I see when that part is shown. Gee, thanks.
I’m really surprised I had to scroll so far to find a comment mentioning this. I knew it couldn’t just be me haha
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The engineering behind this is AMAZING!!!! The inventor must've been an absolute genius.
And liked lions.
And being on time. Ish.
What's remarkable is how they made the tubes inside the bowl. I don't know how they did it, but if I had to do it, I would make the bowl in two layers and cut or grind matching half-pipe grooves into the top part of the bottom layer and bottom part of the upper layer and fit them together, with a thin layer of mortar in between the layers (not covering the half-pipe grooves, of course, just the surfaces) to hold the two layers together and act as a sealant for the pipes, but even with that, imagine how precisely you would need to carve both layers to make this work. Both coming up with the idea and the actual craftsmanship involved in putting the idea into practice really are amazing.
I'm happy to see that no batteries or electricity are needed to operate. Unlike many things nowadays.
I happen to be a big fan of both electricity and batteries.
This is incredible and bad ass all at the same time 👍👍👍👍
I’m a firm believer that in today’s society, we’re just finding out about all the things that we think are new…..is actually just us reventing OLD ideas 😮
Right, like social media and shopping on line. Ridiculous.
so no one's gonna talk about how these lions look from above?
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Whoever invented this, should be the epitome of engineering genius. Universities back then studied Theology mainly, so it’s incredible to actually witness a spot of genius from the past. Wish we had more modern geniuses in society today.
How do you adjust the lions if you're on Daylight Savings Time?? ❓❓
Lol you don't
There wasn't daylight savings time in the 14th century
@@crazyblah867 ...and that's why they called it The Dark Ages (5th-14th century A.D.). 🌜
Holy COW, that's amazing! Thank you for this!
Masterpiece by
Caliphate of Cordoba, Spain.
People forget that people in the past thought the exact same way we do now. Engineers of today are thankful for the progress of the engineers in the past.
Must be something in the water to make these ancient people come up with such fascinating inventions!
no, the water's in something.
Lions.
It uses a greedy cup to function. That's actually quite cool.
seeing lions from the above
" I'M A GROW UP ADULT "
" I'M A GROW UP ADULT "
" I'M A GROW UP ADULT "
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Bro, we were avoiding the same thing 💀
This clip is missing a small detail... WHAT THIS PLACE IS !
(It's in the Alhambra of Granada, the number one most visited monument in Spain)
Brilliant engineering! Imagine how much intention, ingenuity, and knowledge were required to create this. We'd be hard put to create something this self-functioning today without a lot of electronics. There have been geniuses throughout history. And they had less to start from than we do.
But they had much less distractiion.
Daylight savings must have been hell
I don’t think that existed back then
The siphon isn't clever. It's greedy
The greatest comment I’ve seen on UA-cam. Bravo.
Why ?
@@shahangilani It's a greedy cup siphon joke
@@benjaminlum5894 oh i see
Came here to make this comment
You made me smile with 'do you remember phone books?'
I worked in Directory Assistance for Pacific Bell in the Los Angeles area, for almost 30 years before taking a buy-out. Phone books, microfiche, and finally computers. Scott is pretty common: listing consistently around 36th-39th in popularity. At least locating a Scott wouldn't be as hard as one of the top 5: Smith, Johnson, Williams, Jones & Brown.
How did they control the rate of water filling to be so exact?
Well it was probably drained from a large lake or other water source, so the pressure would be pretty consistent.
After that, it is just a question of letting water flow through the pipe into a large bowl, marking its height at different times, and installing pipes at each height.
@@sheeplord4976It's not that simple though. Every time the bowl fills up to another hole, that hole will drain the bowl faster. So the source needs to be constantly increasing the amount of water it pumps every hour and then go back to the lowest rate when it resets.
try and error
@@jlight7346 The height of the hole just need to be adjusted
@jlight7346 nope, you can just make the holes closer together as you go up. The placement of the holes follows a simple mathematical pattern: hole 1 = 0, hole 2 = x, hole 3 = x+x/2 etc.
That is amazing. The differing volumes of water due to the circumference of each level and a steady water flow would be the challenge. The next problem is the water loss for each lion as they begin flowing. By 11 you have 11 lions flowing and must still fill to the next lion in an hour. Fascinating.
This whole system is pure speculation, the restoration projects that attempted to maintain this fountain for future centuries restored the system, and the fountain flows to keep the top level constant. None of it is designed like this clock
This whole thing is based on an IFLscience blog post, which is totally guesswork
@@acegikmo31 That is a shame. I think it would work but the lion holes would need to be smaller.
@@davidkilts1670 it definitely could work, but would take alot of specific spacing to make up for
1) the higher the water, the more water per second it takes to raise the level (wider volume)
2) the higher you go, the more lions are running, so the more water you're draining at once
It might possible with enough flow tweaking,, but the video itself is absolutely misrepresenting the original fountain with outright false information
I wonder if the pipe diameter varies between lions-- smaller to start, perhaps? I would guess that the total volume of water draining from the twelve lions must have been significantly smaller than the volume draining down the center. That flush every twelve hours would be relatively violent-- I wonder if their drain would tend to clog up with unwary birds.
I'm guessing that, despite how clever this design is, it didn't keep time too accurately, not without constant human intervention anyways.
The ingenuity of the Muslims in Islamic Spain was incredible. This is in the Al-hambra Palace.
But then they let religion ossify and destroy their culture.
@@Ambigulous how? You must be really ignorant about muslims and islam
I thought when all the lions are activated and the water reaching a certain amount, the water is going to drain slowly deactivating the lions one by one.
That would lead to a stalemate situation where the inflow is fast enough to fill up to the 12th lion, but not beyond it, and the drainage rate wouldn’t be sufficient to empty the bowl through the holes without also preventing it from getting to the 12th lion in the first place.
The greedy siphon seems to be rather quick. So surely the lions turn off in order as the water level falls - but I think we talk more like a minute or two and not much longer.
This whole system is pure speculation, the restoration projects that attempted to maintain this fountain for future centuries restored the system, and the fountain flows to keep the top level constant. None of it is designed like this clock
This whole thing is based on an IFLscience blog post, which is totally guesswork
That siphon mechanism is to simple if this id really how it worked; something that is filled slowly can't seal a siphon that large, it would either need to be really thin or much more complicated
Yeah the top-down view of the lions didn't look like lions at all ... 🙈
I had to go back and watch it again after reading this comment 😂
I was looking for this comment lol I knew I couldn’t be the only one
Shaddup.
Yeah thats just the way people made lions, to be fair they didn’t see them all that regularly.
You too?
The smarts needed for that to be made is insane
The lions look like shit. Warlords make bad craftsmen I guess. Bet a European built this for them
@@newdelphi1883idk who made the lions, but the engineering was done by andalusians, most probably muslims, especially since this is an islamic palace
@@newdelphi1883 🤖
@@newdelphi1883 The Europeans didn't even shower, let alone building this complex fountain
@@Omer1996E.C Yes it was. It was made by a guy called Al Hamra
A pre-model of this clock exists in Fez, Morocco.
I need a miniaturized version on this on my wrist.