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Author Ibn Shākir, Muḥammad ibn Mūsá, -873.

Title The book of ingenious devices (Kitab al-hiyal) / by the Banu (sons of) Musa bin Shakir ; translated and annotated by Donald R. Hill
Published Dordrecht ; Boston : D. Reidel Pub. Co., [1979]
©1979

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Description x, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Analysis Mechanical engineering
Notes Includes index
Translation of Kitab al-hiyal
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 250-252
Notes Translation of Kitāb al-ḥiyal
Subject Fluidic devices -- Early works to 1800.
Mechanical engineering -- Early works to 1800.
Mechanical movements -- Early works to 1800.
Author Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Shakir, 9th century, author
Ibn Shākir, Ḥasan ibn Mūsá, active 9th century, author
Hill, Donald R., 1922-1994.
LC no. 78018865
ISBN 9027708339
Other Titles Kitab al-hiyal, English