TEXT

Maqālah fī al-marāyā al-muḥriqah bi-al-dawāʾir

Title (arabic)

مقالة في المرايا المحرقة بالدوائر

Title (translit)

Maqālah fī al-marāyā al-muḥriqah bi-al-dawāʾir

Alias

Maqālaẗ fī al-marāyā al-muḥriqaẗ bi-al-dawāʾir

Author

Language

Arabic

Subject

Text type

First-order prose composition (or compilation) [matn]

Notes

A treatise on spherical burning mirrors.

ismi_id

131946

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No. 4.