Studies in medieval Islamic technology : from Philo to al-Jazari - from Alexandria to Diyar Bakr / Donald R. Hill ; edited by David A. King.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Islamic fine technology and its influence on the development of European horology / Donald Routledge Hill -- Medieval Arabic mechanical technology / Donald Routledge Hill -- From Philo to al-Jazarī / Donald Routledge Hill -- Arabic fine technology and its influence on European mechanical engineering / Donald Routledge Hill -- Arabic mechanical engineering : survey of the historical sources / Donald Routledge Hill -- Information on engineering in the works of Muslim geographers / Donald Routledge Hill -- Mining Technology / Donald Routledge Hill with A.Y. Al-Hassan -- Hydraulic machines / Donald Routledge Hill -- Les oevres de Héron et leur contexte historique / Donald Routledge Hill -- Construction of a fluting machine by Apollonius the carpenter / Donald Routledge Hill -- The nilometer / Donald Routledge Hill -- The Banū Mūsā and their Book of ingenious devices / Donald Routledge Hill -- Qusṭā ibn Lūqā / Donald Routledge Hill -- Al-Bīrūnī's mechanical calendar / Donald Routledge Hill -- Al-Jazarī / r Donald Routledge Hill -- Notice of an important al-Jazarī manuscript / r Donald Routledge Hill -- A treatise on machines by Ibn Muʻādh Abū ʻAbdallāh al-Jayyānī [the treatise is by Ibn Khalaf al-Murādī. Ed] / Donald Routledge Hill -- Andalusian technology / Donald Routledge Hill -- Trebuchets / Donald Routledge Hill -- The camel and the horse and the early Arab conquests.

These studies represent Donald Hill's contribution to the history of Islamic technology during the second half of the 20th century, in addition to his monographs on the mechanical devices of Pseudo-Apollonios, the Banu Musa and al-Jazari.