A Guide to Geometry, Surveying, the Launching of Missiles, and the Planting of Mines

Name: A Guide to Geometry, Surveying, the Launching of Missiles, and the Planting of Mines
Author: the most humble of God’s creatures

Title	A Guide to Geometry, Surveying, the Launching of Missiles, and the Planting of Mines
Author	the most humble of God’s creatures
Publication Date:	1779-01-28 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject	1
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	161
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	9543
Record ID	9543
Library Location	Qatar National Library
Date	1779-01-28 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	Hadiyat Al-Muhtadi fil Al-Handassa (A guide to geometry, surveying, the launching of missiles, and the planting of mines) is a technical manual on geometry and surveying, as well as on the motion of projectiles and the construction of missiles. The pages have a number of tables and illustrations set in the text area, and the book has many diagrams and drawings in its wide margins. The work consists of an introduction, two chapters, and a conclusion. The author describes the first chapter as being on the figures of plane geometry and on their areas, the "knowledge of the angles," and the ratio of various quantities to each other. The second chapter is on solid geometry, or "instructional [three-dimensional] bodies and the elucidation of their areas and their proportions." The conclusion is an "elucidation of some of the geometrical sciences related to this work." A number of scientific instruments, such as the sextant, are also discussed. A note at the end of the manual states that it is a translation from "the language of Austria and France, by the most humble of God’s creatures, and the most feeble of his servants, ‘Uthmān ibn Mannān ..., in the chancellery of Belgrade." Little is known about ʻUthmān al-Muhtadī (also called ʻUthmān Ibn ʻAbd al-Mannān). The date provided on this copy is Muḥarram 10, 1193 AH (January 28, 1779 AD). The name of the copyist of the manuscript is given as Muḥammad ‘Ali ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥīm.
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A Guide to Geometry, Surveying, the Launching of Missiles, and the Planting of Mines

Author the most humble of God’s creatures

Publication Date 1779-01-28 (CE, Gregorian)

Subject 1

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 161

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID 9543

Record ID 9543

Library Location Qatar National Library

Date 1779-01-28 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes Hadiyat Al-Muhtadi fil Al-Handassa (A guide to geometry, surveying, the launching of missiles, and the planting of mines) is a technical manual on geometry and surveying, as well as on the motion of projectiles and the construction of missiles. The pages have a number of tables and illustrations set in the text area, and the book has many diagrams and drawings in its wide margins. The work consists of an introduction, two chapters, and a conclusion. The author describes the first chapter as being on the figures of plane geometry and on their areas, the "knowledge of the angles," and the ratio of various quantities to each other. The second chapter is on solid geometry, or "instructional [three-dimensional] bodies and the elucidation of their areas and their proportions." The conclusion is an "elucidation of some of the geometrical sciences related to this work." A number of scientific instruments, such as the sextant, are also discussed. A note at the end of the manual states that it is a translation from "the language of Austria and France, by the most humble of God’s creatures, and the most feeble of his servants, ‘Uthmān ibn Mannān ..., in the chancellery of Belgrade." Little is known about ʻUthmān al-Muhtadī (also called ʻUthmān Ibn ʻAbd al-Mannān). The date provided on this copy is Muḥarram 10, 1193 AH (January 28, 1779 AD). The name of the copyist of the manuscript is given as Muḥammad ‘Ali ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥīm.

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