TY  - BOOK
AU  - Charette,François
AU  - Miṣrī,Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad
TI  - Mathematical instrumentation in fourteenth-century Egypt and Syria: the illustrated treatise of Najm al-Dīn al-Mīṣrī 
T2  - Islamic philosophy, theology, and science,
SN  - 1423711777
AV  - QB85 .C45 2003eb
U1  - 522/.4 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Astrolabes
KW  - Egypt
KW  - History
KW  - Syria
KW  - Sundials
KW  - Quadrants (Astronomical instruments)
KW  - Égypte
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Syrie
KW  - Quadrants (Instruments)
KW  - NATURE
KW  - Sky Observation
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Astrolabium
KW  - gnd
KW  - Quadrant
KW  - Sonnenuhr
KW  - Konstruktion
KW  - Astronomisches Instrument
KW  - Mathematisches Instrument
KW  - Meetinstrumenten
KW  - gtt
KW  - Sterrenkunde
KW  - Astrolabia
KW  - Mameluckenreich
KW  - Electronic book
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-392) and indexes; Part I; Part II Commentary; Part III Translation of Najm al-Din al-Misri's Treatise on Instruments; Part IV Appendices; Bibliography; INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS QUOTED; Indices; Plates; Part V Edition of Najm al-Din's treatise
N2  - 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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ER  -