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

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

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Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Book 725

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ISBN10: 0871697785
ISBN13: 9780871697783
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Published: Jan 1 1987
Pages: 45
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.25 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
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 this paper. Contents: Introduction; The Table; Analysis of the Table; & Bibliography. Illustrations.

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