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Language Arabic Subject Physics--Early works to 1800 Level [40] File

1. Delhi Arabic 1919, ff 4v-7r

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1919, ff 4v-7r
Title:
Treatise on heat Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Treatise by Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين الطوسي, d. 1274) written in answer to a question posed by Najm al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar al-Qazwīnī al-Kātibī (نجم الدين علي بن عمر القزويني الكاتبي, d. 1276) about the actions of heat according Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, d. 1037). No title is given. 　 Begins ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

Ff. 4v-7r

2. IO Islamic 923, ff 98v-101r

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Islamic 923, ff 98v-101r
Title:
كتاب أقليدس في الثقل والخفة وقياس الأجرام بعضها إلى بعض Kitāb Uqlīdas fī al-thiqal wa-al-khiffah wa-qiyās al-ajrām ba‘ḍihā ilá ba‘ḍ Euclid أقليدس
Scope & Content:
A work on the principles of specific gravity probably falsely attributed to the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (Εὐκλείδης; أقليدس; fl. 300 BC). The translation, presumabely from the Greek now lost, is said to have been corrected by Thābit ibn Qurrah (ثابت ابن قرة; d. 901; f. 98v, line 3, tra...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1198
Extent:

ff. 98v-101r