The Crankshaft

"Essential for the modern internal combustion engine and almost all machinery."

The Story

A mechanism that converts rotary motion into linear motion.This innovation marked a turning point in history, influencing subsequent developments in tech and shaping the world we know today.

The Mastermind

Al-Jazari

Ismail al-Jazari (1136–1206) was a Muslim polymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, artisan, artist and mathematician. He is best known for writing 'The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices'.