Jawāmiʻ ʻulūm al-nujūm wa-uṣūl al-ḥarakāt al-samāwīyah : manuscript, [n.d.].

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Jawāmiʻ ʻulūm al-nujūm wa-uṣūl al-ḥarakāt al-samāwīyah : manuscript, [n.d.].

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A summary of Ptolemy's Almagest, "Al-Farghānī's best-known and most influential work ... a comprehensive account of the elements of Ptolemaic astronomy that is entirely descriptive and nonmathematical." A.I. Sabra, "Al-Farghānī," Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York, 1971), v. 4, pp. 541a-545a.

1 v. ([65] p. on 17 lvs.) ; 25 cm.

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Meyerhof, Max, 1874-1945

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Astronomer-astrologer at Baghdād in employ of ʻAbbāsid caliph al-Maʼmūn. From the description of Jawāmiʻ ʻulūm al-nujūm wa-uṣūl al-ḥarakāt al-samāwīyah : manuscript, [n.d.]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365301 ...