Mathematical Instrumentation in Fourteenth Century Egypt and Syria

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Mathematical Instrumentation in Fourteenth Century Egypt and Syria

Author	: François Charette
File Size	: 46,7 Mb
Publisher	: BRILL
Language	: English
Release Date	: 01 June 2003
ISBN	: 9789047402176
Pages	: 583 pages

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This study of mathematical instrumentation in the Mamluk world contains the edition and translation of a unique, richly-illustrated treatise, and provides a fascinating historical account of several instrument models that were thus far unknown or inadequately documented.

Mathematical Instrumentation in Fourteenth Century Egypt and Syria by François Charette

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