Al-Kashi's Geographical Tables: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 77, Part 7)

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Jamshid Ghyath al-Din al-Kashi (fl. 1420), a native of central Iran, worked at the Samarqand observatory of Sultan Ulugh Beg, grandson of Tamerlane. Kashi is best known as a virtuoso of computational mathematics, but he was also a competent astronomer. Among his major works is the "Zij-i Khaqani," an astronomical handbook written in Persian. The zij contains a list giving the latitudes & longitudes of some 515 places, mostly cities, the subject of...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0871697785

ISBN13:9780871697783

Release Date:January 1987

Publisher:American Philosophical Society Press

Length:45 Pages

Weight:0.25 lbs.

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