Studies in Medieval Islamic Technology: From Philo to Al-Jazari - from Alexandria to Diyar Bakr - Couverture rigide

Livre 29 sur 54: Variorum Collected Studies

Hill, Donald R.

 
9780860786061: Studies in Medieval Islamic Technology: From Philo to Al-Jazari - from Alexandria to Diyar Bakr
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ISBN 10 : 0860786064 ISBN 13 : 9780860786061
Editeur : Variorum, 1998

Synopsis

These studies represent the major contributions to the history of Islamic technology during the second half of the 20th century beside Donald Hill's separate publications on the mechanical devices of Pseudo-Apollonios, the Banu Musa and al-Jazari. A gifted linguist who was trained as a historian of Islamic civilisation, and also a professional engineer, Hill achieved his goal of setting his subject on a solid basis. The papers reprinted here include his early studies of the trebuchet and the camel and horse, several overviews of different aspects of Islamic technology, articles on specific topics such as the Cairo Nilometer and al-Biruni's geared luni-solar device, and the first notice of an extremely important Andalusian treatise on mechanical devices discovered in 1975.

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À propos de l?auteur

Donald R. Hill. Edited by David A. King, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University Germany

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Éditeur
Variorum
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0860786064
ISBN 13 
9780860786061
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
400
Éditeur
King David
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Personne responsable
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