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Al-Kashi's Geographical Tables

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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 computation...
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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 this paper. Contents: Introduction; The Table; Analysis of the Table; & Bibliography. Illustrations.
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Price: $40.00
Pages: 45
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Imprint: The American Philosophical Society Press
Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Publication Date: 01 January 1987
Trim Size: 10.00 X 7.00 in
ISBN: 9780871697783
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy
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