| Description |
1 online resource (397 p.) |
| Series |
Variorum Collected Studies |
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Collected studies.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Editorial Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Donald Routledge Hill, 1922-1994 -- Donald Routledge Hill -- Publications -- Islamic Technology (General) -- I: Islamic Fine Technology and its Influence on the Development of European Horology -- II: Medieval Arabic Mechanical Technology -- III: From Philo to al-Jazarī -- IV: Arabic Fine Technology and its Influence on European Mechanical Engineering -- V: Arabic Mechanical Engineering: Survey of the Historical Sources |
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VI: Information on Engineering in the Works of Muslim Geographers -- VII: Mining Technology -- VIII: Hydraulic Machines -- Greek Technology -- IX: Les Oevres De Héron et Leur Contexte Historique -- X: Construction of a Fluting Machine by Apollonius the Carpenter -- Islamic Technology (Specific) -- XI: The Nilometer -- XII: The Banū Mūsā and their Book of Ingenious Devices -- XIII: Qusṭā ibn Lūqā -- XIV: Al-Bīrūnī's Mechanical Calendar -- XV: Al-Jazarī -- XVI: Notice of an Important al-Jazarī Manuscript -- Technology in Andalusia |
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XVII: A Treatise on Machines by Ibn Mu'ādh Abū 'Abdallāh al-Jayyānī [The Treatise is by Ibn Khalafal-Murādī. Ed.] -- XVIII: Andalusian Technology -- Technology and War -- XIX: Trebuchets -- XX: The Camel and the Horse and the Early Arab Conquests -- Indexes |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
King, David
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| ISBN |
9781000226089 |
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1000226085 |
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