The melon-shaped astrolabe in Arabic astronomy
By: texts edited with translation and commentary by E.S. Kennedy, P. Kunitzsch, and R.P. Lorch.
Contributors: Kunitzsch, Paul.; Lorch, R. P.; Abū Jaʻfar Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 9th cent.
Series: Boethius ;; Bd. 43; Boethius (Series) ;; Bd. 43.
Publisher: F. Steiner
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Stuttgart
Language: eng; ara
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Abū Jaʻfar Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 9th cent.; Astrolabes.; Astronomy, Arab.; Astrolabes -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Melon-shaped astrolabe
Notes: Parallel English and Arabic texts with commentary in English.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-235).
"Book of the construction of the melon-shaped astrolabe" / Abū Jaʻfar Aḥmad ibn ʻAbdallāh: p. [17]-89.