Author
Abd al-Rahman bin Abdullah al-Iskari al-Tulunid; He was alive in the year 1034 AH.
Author Original
عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله الاسكري الطولوني؛ كان حيا سنة هـ
Publication Date
1229 AH / 1814 AD
Publication Place
Baghdad - Iraq -
Ahmed Sharbatly Al-Boulaqi
Subject
Astronomy, astrology, a book on how to draw sine quadrant scales and how to make them.
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
30
Physical Dimensions
21cm × 15cm
Library
Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation
Library Asset ID
936
Record ID
140970
Library Location
Iraq (Baghdad) -- Iraq Museum Library - Iraq (Baghdad) -- Iraq Museum Library
Date
1229 AH / 1814 AD
Notes
The author is a scholar of the meeqat and the imam at the Mosque of Toulon in Egypt. His books include: Attainment of Benefit and Ghayat al-Tali`ah. He arranged this book into an introduction, two sections, and a conclusion: Introduction: What should be learned from this science. The first section: It includes 74 chapters on the placement of arcades cut across the Tropic of Cancer, the placement of the northern and southern regions, the clocks, the placement of the northern arcades, the heavens, the arcs, the line of hours, the division of the area, the arc of elevation, the placement of the planets in a quadrant, and how to begin and work with the instrument. The second section: It includes 15 chapters on the simple setting of the famous methods, setting the lines of the pole of the circle, time clocks, arcs, and knowing the goal. Conclusion: How to extract the area of the East and West in country and mile.
Sample Text
Praise be to Him whose greatness is incapable of being understood by the minds of rational people... After all, the first thing in which time is spent and the highest thing in which hours are spent
Durum
نسخة جيدة.
Görsel çizim
تتضمن النسخة صور توضيحية دقيقة.
Satır sayısı
34
Sahiplik
محمد صلح نصير الدين؛ رئيس الجمعية الفلكية المصرية سنة 1910 م.
Kaynakça
هدية العارفين، ج 1، ص 548؛ معجم المؤلفين، ج 5، ص 148؛ الخديوية، ج 5، ص 231؛ إيضاح المكنون في الذيل على كشف الظنون، ج 1، ص 235.