Studies in medieval Islamic technology : from Philo to al-Jazari - from Alexandria to Diyar Bakr /
Donald R. Hill ; edited by David A. King.
- 1 volume (variuos pagings) : illustration ; 23 cm.
- Variorum collected studies series ; CS555. .
- Collected studies ; CS555. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Islamic fine technology and its influence on the development of European horology / Medieval Arabic mechanical technology / From Philo to al-Jazarī / Arabic fine technology and its influence on European mechanical engineering / Arabic mechanical engineering : survey of the historical sources / Information on engineering in the works of Muslim geographers / Mining Technology / Hydraulic machines / Les oevres de Héron et leur contexte historique / Construction of a fluting machine by Apollonius the carpenter / The nilometer / The Banū Mūsā and their Book of ingenious devices / Qusṭā ibn Lūqā / Al-Bīrūnī's mechanical calendar / 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] / Andalusian technology / Trebuchets / The camel and the horse and the early Arab conquests. Donald Routledge Hill -- Donald Routledge Hill -- Donald Routledge Hill -- Donald Routledge Hill -- Donald Routledge Hill -- Donald Routledge Hill -- Donald Routledge Hill with A.Y. Al-Hassan -- Donald Routledge Hill -- Donald Routledge Hill -- Donald Routledge Hill -- Donald Routledge Hill -- Donald Routledge Hill -- Donald Routledge Hill -- Donald Routledge Hill -- Donald Routledge Hill -- Donald Routledge Hill -- Donald Routledge Hill --
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.