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al-Kamil fi Shanʿat al-Asturlab — Or_5479 — Or

Title	al-Kamil fi Shanʿat al-Asturlab — Or_5479 — Or
Author	Abu Al-Abbas Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Katheer Al-Farghani
Author Original	أبو العبّاس أحمد بن محمد بن كثير الفرغاني
Publication Place	British Library -
Subject	None \| None \| None
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Library:	Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative (ISMI)
Record ID	27877
Library Location	British Library
Notes	https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100030447153.0x000004 \| From the book, praise be to God, good success, and His prayers upon all His honorable prophets, and praise be to God alone for His blessings
Sample Text	Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Farghani said that the early scholars of arithmetic and astrology only understood the science of the movements of astronomy and what is presented in it by diligently examining and measuring, and most of what they used as evidence of measuring instruments was the instrument called that of the throat - and that is something that does not need more than it. And if someone wanted... to make an astrolabe for a place on the earth that may be fifty to ninety parts wide, then what we have described to extract that from the single table in this chapter is what can be used as evidence for all of that, God Almighty willing.

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al-Kamil fi Shanʿat al-Asturlab — Or_5479 — Or

Author Abu Al-Abbas Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Katheer Al-Farghani

Author Original أبو العبّاس أحمد بن محمد بن كثير الفرغاني

Publication Place British Library -

Subject None | None | None

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Library Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative (ISMI)

Record ID 27877

Library Location British Library

Notes https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100030447153.0x000004 | From the book, praise be to God, good success, and His prayers upon all His honorable prophets, and praise be to God alone for His blessings

Sample Text Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Farghani said that the early scholars of arithmetic and astrology only understood the science of the movements of astronomy and what is presented in it by diligently examining and measuring, and most of what they used as evidence of measuring instruments was the instrument called that of the throat - and that is something that does not need more than it. And if someone wanted... to make an astrolabe for a place on the earth that may be fifty to ninety parts wide, then what we have described to extract that from the single table in this chapter is what can be used as evidence for all of that, God Almighty willing.