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Mathematical instrumentation in fourteenth-century Egypt and Syria: the illustrated treatise of Najm al-Din al-Misri

An illustrated Arabic treatise, with an English translation and detailed commentary, on the construction of over 100 various astronomical instruments, many of which are otherwise unknown to specialists. It was composed by Najm al-Din al-Misri, a rather shadowy figure, in Cairo around 1330 CE.

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Autor principal: Charette, F
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: BRILL 2003
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1990138
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description An illustrated Arabic treatise, with an English translation and detailed commentary, on the construction of over 100 various astronomical instruments, many of which are otherwise unknown to specialists. It was composed by Najm al-Din al-Misri, a rather shadowy figure, in Cairo around 1330 CE.
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Mathematical instrumentation in fourteenth-century Egypt and Syria: the illustrated treatise of Najm al-Din al-Misri
title Mathematical instrumentation in fourteenth-century Egypt and Syria: the illustrated treatise of Najm al-Din al-Misri
title_full Mathematical instrumentation in fourteenth-century Egypt and Syria: the illustrated treatise of Najm al-Din al-Misri
title_fullStr Mathematical instrumentation in fourteenth-century Egypt and Syria: the illustrated treatise of Najm al-Din al-Misri
title_full_unstemmed Mathematical instrumentation in fourteenth-century Egypt and Syria: the illustrated treatise of Najm al-Din al-Misri
title_short Mathematical instrumentation in fourteenth-century Egypt and Syria: the illustrated treatise of Najm al-Din al-Misri
title_sort mathematical instrumentation in fourteenth-century egypt and syria: the illustrated treatise of najm al-din al-misri
topic Mathematical Physics and Mathematics
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