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Project / Collection India Office Library Container Reference (shelfmark) IO Islamic 461 Subject Mechanics--Early works to 1800

Reference (shelfmark):: IO Islamic 461, ff 198v-207r
Title:: Kitāb fī al-qarasṭūn كتاب في القرسطون Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī ثابت بن قرّة الحراني
Scope & Content:: Treatise on the static and mechanic theories underpinning the use of a kind of balance by Abū al-Ḥasan Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī (أبو الحسن ثابت بن قرّة الحرّاني; d. 901). The treatise begins with postulates taken from the Kitāb fī al-thiqal wa-al-khiffah wa-qiyās al-ajrām ba‘ḍihā ilá ba‘ḍ (ك...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1198
Extent:: Ff. 198v-207r

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