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Maqālah fī al-ṭarīq alladhī ātharahu ʿalá sāʾir al-ṭuruq fī ittikhādh al-ālāt al-raṣadiyyah

Title (arabic)

مقالة في الطريق الذي آثره على سائر الطرق في إتّخاذ الآلات الرصدية

Title (translit)

Maqālah fī al-ṭarīq alladhī ātharahu ʿalá sāʾir al-ṭuruq fī ittikhādh al-ālāt al-raṣadiyyah

Alias

Maqālaẗ fī al-ṭarīq allaḏī āṯarahu ʿalỳ sāʾir al-ṭuruq fī ittiḫāḏ al-ālāt al-raṣadiyyaẗ
مقالة في الطريق الذي آثره على ساير الطرق في اتخاذ الالات الرصديَّة
مقالة في الطريق الذي آثره على سائر الطرق في اتّخاذ الآلات الرصدية
مقالة في الآلات الرصدية
Maqālah fī al-ālāt al-raṣadiyyah
al-Ālāt al-raṣadiyyah

Author

Created

414H/1023J

Created in

Language

Arabic

Subject

Notes

Written in Iṣfahān (sometime between 1024-37) during period of observations for ʿAlā’ al-Dawla; indicates a practical side to the astronomical interests of Ibn Sīnā and a remarkable interest in precision.

ismi_id

105162

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Article contains a facsimile of Leiden, Warn. Or. MS 184/8, ff. 49b-62a.