Author
Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham
Publication Date
16th century (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IO Islamic 1270, ff 79r-86v
Record ID
vdc_100023697729.0x00000d
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
16th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Treatise on the observation solar eclipses through a camera obscura by Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham (Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham; d. ca 1040).
The text contains four diagrams.
Beginnings (f. 79r, lines 3-4):
There may be an image of sunlight at the time of the eclipse if its light emerges from a narrow, round hole
It ends with a surface opposite the hole, similar to the shape of a crescent, if the eclipse does not disperse completely
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Study:
Sezgin, Fuat,
Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums
, vol. 5 (Leiden: Brill, 1974), p. 358-74