Hādhihi raqāʼiq al-daqāʼiq fī ḥisāb al-daraj wa-al-daqāʼiq : manuscript, [n.d.].

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Hādhihi raqāʼiq al-daqāʼiq fī ḥisāb al-daraj wa-al-daqāʼiq : manuscript, [n.d.].

"A treatise on the computation of degrees and minutes, based on the Kashf al-ḥaḳāʼiḳ of Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn al-Majdī. In a muḳaddima, ten bābs, and a khātima." Cataloging by Elinor M. Husselman, 1945. Ibn al-Majdī's Kashf al-ḥaqāʼiq deals with sexagesimal arithmetic, sexagesimal multiplication tables, and linear interpolation. David A. King, A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library (Winona Lake, 1986), p. 74. Pp. [31-33] contain Risālah āfāqīyah fī al-ʻamal bi-al-nisbah al-sittīnīyah.

1 v. ([33] p.) ; 23 cm.

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