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Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400886309
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Instruments for solving astronomical problems are part of a continuous tradition reaching far back through the Middle Ages into the Hellenistic world. Dr. Kennedy expands the history of analog computers by providing an account of an important development in Central Asia where, in the Samarqand observatory of the Timurid prince Ulugh Beg, an outstanding mathematician of the fifteenth century invented his unique planetary equatorium. With this mechanico-graphical device, Kashi determined solar, lunar, and planetary true longitudes and predicted eclipses, obtaining magnitude, time, and duration. His was the only equatorium with which the determination of planetary latitudes was attempted. In this sense it represents the apex of development reached by this class of instrument. Dr. Kennedy here presents the text of the Persian manuscript describing Kashi's instrument together with an English translation and commentaryÃ? Originally published in 1960. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Planetary Equatorium of Jamshid Ghiyath al-Din al-Kashi
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400886309
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Instruments for solving astronomical problems are part of a continuous tradition reaching far back through the Middle Ages into the Hellenistic world. Dr. Kennedy expands the history of analog computers by providing an account of an important development in Central Asia where, in the Samarqand observatory of the Timurid prince Ulugh Beg, an outstanding mathematician of the fifteenth century invented his unique planetary equatorium. With this mechanico-graphical device, Kashi determined solar, lunar, and planetary true longitudes and predicted eclipses, obtaining magnitude, time, and duration. His was the only equatorium with which the determination of planetary latitudes was attempted. In this sense it represents the apex of development reached by this class of instrument. Dr. Kennedy here presents the text of the Persian manuscript describing Kashi's instrument together with an English translation and commentaryÃ? Originally published in 1960. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400886309
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Instruments for solving astronomical problems are part of a continuous tradition reaching far back through the Middle Ages into the Hellenistic world. Dr. Kennedy expands the history of analog computers by providing an account of an important development in Central Asia where, in the Samarqand observatory of the Timurid prince Ulugh Beg, an outstanding mathematician of the fifteenth century invented his unique planetary equatorium. With this mechanico-graphical device, Kashi determined solar, lunar, and planetary true longitudes and predicted eclipses, obtaining magnitude, time, and duration. His was the only equatorium with which the determination of planetary latitudes was attempted. In this sense it represents the apex of development reached by this class of instrument. Dr. Kennedy here presents the text of the Persian manuscript describing Kashi's instrument together with an English translation and commentaryÃ? Originally published in 1960. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The Planetary Equatorium of Jamshid Ghiyath Al-Din Al-Kashi
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ISBN: 9781258162924
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Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258162924
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Planetary Equatorium of Jamshīd Ghiyāth Al-Din̄ Al-Kāshī (d. 1429)
Author: Edward S. Kennedy
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Languages : en
Pages : 267
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Languages : en
Pages : 267
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The Planetary Equatorium of Jamshid Ghiyath Al-Din Al-Kashi
Author: Jamsid Giyat ad-Din al- Kasi
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Languages : en
Pages : 267
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Languages : en
Pages : 267
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The planetary equatorium of Jamshīd Ghiyāth al-Dīn al-Kāshī (d. 1429)
Author: Ǧamšīd Ibn-Masʻūd al- Kāšī
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Languages : en
Pages : 267
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ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 267
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The Planetary Equatorium of Jamshid Ghiyath Aldin Al-Kashi, D.1429
Author: Ghiyath al-Din Jamshid Ibn-Mas'ud Kashi
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Languages : en
Pages : 267
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 267
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Planetary Equatorium of Jamshid Ghiyath Al-Din Al-Kashi D. 1429
Author: Edward Stewart Kennedy (Mathematiker)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 267
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Languages : en
Pages : 267
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The Planetary equatorium of Jamshīd Ghiyāth al-Dīn al-Kāshī (d. 1429)
Author: Edward Stewart Kennedy
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Category : Astronomical instruments
Languages : un
Pages : 267
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomical instruments
Languages : un
Pages : 267
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The Planetary Equatorium of Jamshid Ghiyath Al-Dinal-Kashi (d.1429)
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Languages : en
Pages : 267
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Languages : en
Pages : 267
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Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Languages : en
Pages : 4
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