Al-Farghani on the Astrolabe: Arabic Text Edited with Translation and Commentary
Author:   Richard Lorch ,  Richard Lorch
Publisher:   Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
Volume:   52
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9783515087131


Pages:   447
Publication Date:   01 December 2005
Format:   Hardback
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Al-Farghani on the Astrolabe: Arabic Text Edited with Translation and Commentary


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In the Middle Ages the astrolabe was the best known and most widely used astronomical instrument both in the Islamic world and in the West. The oldest extant description of the construction of this instrument was written by the well-known Arabic astronomer al-Farghani (Baghdad, ca. 856). His treatise is especially valuable because of the tables it contains to enable an artificer to draw the various circles and arcs on the instrument. The Arabic text of this work, including the tables, is presented here for the first time in a critical edition, accompanied by an English translation and a commentary reproducing al-Farghani's reasoning in modern mathematical notation.

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Author:   Richard Lorch ,  Richard Lorch
Publisher:   Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
Imprint:   Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
Volume:   52
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.885kg
ISBN:  

9783515087131


ISBN 10:   3515087133
Pages:   447
Publication Date:   01 December 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.
Language:   Arabic & English

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