Mathematical instrumentation in fourteenth-century Egypt and Syria : the illustrated treatise of Najm al-Dīn al-Mīṣrī /
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| Author / Creator: | Charette, François, 1970- |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003. |
| Description: | xxi, 422, 136 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English Arabic |
| Series: | Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, 0169-8729 ; v. 51 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4973554 |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Charette, François, |d 1970- |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003007199 |1 http://viaf.org/viaf/17466335 | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Mathematical instrumentation in fourteenth-century Egypt and Syria : |b the illustrated treatise of Najm al-Dīn al-Mīṣrī / |c by François Charette. |
| 260 | |a Leiden ; |a Boston : |b Brill, |c 2003. | ||
| 300 | |a xxi, 422, 136 p. : |b ill. (some col.) ; |c 25 cm. | ||
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| 440 | 0 | |a Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, |x 0169-8729 ; |v v. 51 | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-392) and indexes. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g 1. |t Introduction -- |g 1.1. |t Learning and miqat in Mamluk society -- |g 1.2. |t al-Marrakushi's encyclopaedia of miqat and instrumentation -- |g 1.3. |t Some fourteenth-century Mamluk authors on instrumentation -- |g 1.4. |t Themes and incentives of Mamluk miqat literature -- |g 1.5. |t Najm al-Din al-Misri -- |g 1.6. |t Conventions used in the commentary -- |g 2. |t Astrolabes and Related Instruments -- |g 2.1. |t The standard planispheric astrolabe -- |g 2.2. |t Astrolabes in three and one dimensions -- |g 2.3. |t Non-standard planispheric astrolabes -- |g 2.4. |t Astrolabic quadrants -- |g 2.5. |t Horizontal stereographic projection: the musatira -- |g 2.6. |t Universal Stereographic Projection -- |g 3. |t Horary Quadrants and Portable Dials -- |g 3.1. |t Altitude dials -- |g 3.2. |t Portable sundials displaying shadow lengths -- |g 3.3. |t Universal sundials based on the midday shadow -- |g 3.4. |t Azimuthal dials -- |g 3.5. |t Representing the 'asr on various instruments -- |g 4. |t Fixed Sundials -- |g 4.1. |t Historical introduction -- |g 4.2. |t Theoretical introduction -- |g 4.3. |t Najm al-Din's approach to gnomonics -- |g 4.4. |t Miscellaneous three-dimensional sundials -- |g 5. |t Trigonometric Instruments -- |g 5.1. |t The sine quadrant and the dastur -- |g 5.2. |t Universal horary quadrants -- |g 5.3. |t The quadrant with harp markings -- |g 5.4. |t The shakkazi quadrant as a trigonometric grid -- |g 6. |t Miscellaneous Instruments -- |g 6.1. |t Observational instruments -- |g 6.2. |t The Fazari balance -- |g 6.3. |t The badahanj -- |g 6.4. |t The muhakkash -- |t Translation of Najm al-Din al-Misri's Treatise on Instruments -- |g App. A. |t Table of 'declinations and equations' -- |g App. B. |t Najm al-Din's Proportion Tables -- |g App. C. |t Najm al-Din's Star Table. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Astrolabes |z Egypt |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Astrolabes |z Syria |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sundials |z Egypt |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sundials |z Syria |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Quadrants (Astronomical instruments) |z Egypt |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Quadrants (Astronomical instruments) |z Syria |x History. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Astrolabes. |2 fast |0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00819392 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Quadrants (Astronomical instruments) |2 fast |0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01084859 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Sundials. |2 fast |0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01138662 | |
| 651 | 7 | |a Egypt. |2 fast |0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01208755 | |
| 651 | 7 | |a Syria. |2 fast |0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01208757 | |
| 655 | 7 | |a History. |2 fast |0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01411628 | |
| 700 | 1 | 2 | |a Miṣrī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, |d 14th cent. |t Kitāb fī al-ālāt al-falakīyah. |f 2003. |
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