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Softcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. 28 pages (pag. 27-54), pencil note with date of receipt (written by Paul Kunitzsch) on cover, otherwise fine; orig. stapled offprint from: The Legacy of Egypt (Oxford ²1971, edited by John Richard Harris). - - Contents: I. Mathematics. - II. Astronomy. - Bibliography. …

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - With the publication of this book I discharge a debt which our era has long owed to the memory of a great mathematician of antiquity: to pub lish the /llost books' of the Conics of Apollonius in the form which is the closest we have to the original, the Arabic version of the Banu Musil. Un til now this has been accessible only in Halley's Latin translation of 1710 (and translations into other languages entirely dependent on that). While I yield to none in my admiration for Halley's edition of the Conics, it is far from satisfying the requirements of modern scholarship. In particular, it does not contain the Arabic text. I hope that the present edition will not only remedy those deficiencies, but will also serve as a foundation for the study of the influence of the Conics in the medieval Islamic world. I acknowledge with gratitude the help of a number of institutions and people. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, by the award of one of its Fellowships for 1985-86, enabled me to devote an unbroken year to this project, and to consult essential material in the Bodleian Li brary, Oxford, and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. Corpus Christi Col lege, Cambridge, appointed me to a Visiting Fellowship in Trinity Term, 1988, which allowed me to make good use of the rich resources of both the University Library, Cambridge, and the Bodleian Library.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - With the publication of this book I discharge a debt which our era has long owed to the memory of a great mathematician of antiquity: to pub lish the /llost books' of the Conics of Apollonius in the form which is the closest we have to the original, the Arabic version of the Banu Musil. Un til now this has been accessible only in Halley's Latin translation of 1710 (and translations into other languages entirely dependent on that). While I yield to none in my admiration for Halley's edition of the Conics, it is far from satisfying the requirements of modern scholarship. In particular, it does not contain the Arabic text. I hope that the present edition will not only remedy those deficiencies, but will also serve as a foundation for the study of the influence of the Conics in the medieval Islamic world. I acknowledge with gratitude the help of a number of institutions and people. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, by the award of one of its Fellowships for 1985-86, enabled me to devote an unbroken year to this project, and to consult essential material in the Bodleian Li brary, Oxford, and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. Corpus Christi Col lege, Cambridge, appointed me to a Visiting Fellowship in Trinity Term, 1988, which allowed me to make good use of the rich resources of both the University Library, Cambridge, and the Bodleian Library.…

Zustand: New. Klappentext Christianus Ravius (Christian Raue, 1613-1677) led a life of remarkable variety, which illustrates many aspects of the career of a scholar in seventeenth century Europe. This biography, the first full-length treatment of him .

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Christianus Ravius (Christian Raue, 1613-1677) led a life of remarkable variety, which illustrates many aspects of the career of a scholar in seventeenth century Europe. This biography, the first full-length treatment of him since 1744, covers the first three decades of his eventful career, from the Gymnasium in his native Berlin through Germany, Scandiniavia, Holland, England and the Ottoman Empire. Drawing on much previously unexploited evidence, and on detailed analyses of his numerous published works, it presents a picture of a scholar trying to establish himself in the Republic of Letters, cultivating the acquaintance of many contemporary scholars, including such great names as Hugo Grotius, John Selden, James Ussher, Claudius Salmasius, Johannes Buxtorf II, G. J. Vossius and Jaobus Golius. In the background of his precarious existence looms the Thirty Years' War, which was a cause not only of his parents' early death but also of the devastation of his family's estate and his persistent poverty. Despite his failure to obtain a permanent position in any 0f the universities with which he was associated during this time, he persisted in promoting the study of oriental languages, especially Arabic. This led to his stay of two years in Constantinople and other parts of the Ottoman Empire, where he managed to acquire the remarkable collection of oriental manuscripts which was an important element in his attempts to attain employment and recognition. This study includes an account of the identity and present location of almost three hundred of those manuscripts, and also an edition of many unpublished letters from his extensive correspondence which are relevant to the narrative of his life. Ravius's idiosyncratic theories on linguistic history receive due attention.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 70 p. : illustrated ; 30 cm. ; Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ; new ser., v. 64, pt. 7; ISBN: 0871696479; 9780871696472 Series ISSN: 0065-9746 LCCN: 74-84369 ; OCLC: 1206259 ; LC: QB107; Q11; Dewey: 681/.111 ; paper wrapp ers ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due, pocket ; Contents: The discovery of the Antikythera shipwreck -- The discovery of the mechanism fragments -- Research on the mechanism fragments, 1902-1973 -- The casing, general construction and dial work -- T he arrangement in depth of the plates and components of the mechanism -- The door plates and the general orientation and use of the mechanism -- The accuracy of estimating gear teeth numbers -- Description of individual gears -- Description of gear trains -- The inscriptions -- The Antikythera mechanism as an historical document -- The early history of gearing and clockwork -- The invention of complicated clockwork and the differential gear -- Composition of the metal fragments, with contributions / Earle R Caley and Cyril S. Smith -- Technical note on radiography of fragments / Char. Karakalos. ; numerous photographs and diagrams ; FINE. Book. …