Astrolabes as Eclipse Computers: Four Early Arabic Texts on Construction and Use of the Ṣafīḥa Kusūfiyya
The main topic of this article comprises four unpublished Arabic texts on astrolabe-like instruments for showing the conditions of eclipses. They are the earliest technical descriptions of eclipse computers in any language. The first text is a treatise by ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā (ninth century) on a special a...
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Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Medieval encounters
Year: 2017, Volume: 23, Issue: 1/5, Pages: 8-44 |
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Alī ibn ʿĪsā
Arabic treatises
astrolabe
eclipse computer
Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Nasṭūlus al-Asṭurlābī
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