Download or read book On Both Sides of the Strait of Gibraltar written by Julio Samsó and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 1027 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In On Both Sides of the Strait of Gibraltar Julio Samsó shows that astronomical sources, written in al-Andalus, the Maghrib and the Iberian Peninsula, belong to the same tradition and emphasizes the role of al-Andalus and the Iberian Peninsula in the transmission of Islamic astronomy to medieval Europe.
Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of Indian Astronomical Instruments written by Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma and published by tredition. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The large masonry instruments designed by Sawai Jai Singh and erected in his five observatories in the early eighteenth century mark the culmination of a long process of development in astronomical instrumentation. But what kind of astronomical instruments were used in India before Jai Singh's time? Sanskrit texts on astronomy describe the construction and use of several types of instruments. Are any of these extant in museums? Such questions led me to an exploration of nearly a hundred museums and private collections in India, Europe and USA for about a quarter century. The present catalogue is the outcome of this exploration. This catalogue describes each instrument in the context of the related extant specimens, while laying special emphasis on the interplay between Sanskrit and Islamic traditions of instrumentation. Therefore, each instrument type is organized in a separate section identified by the letters of the alphabet. These sections begin with introductory essays on the history of the instrument type and its varieties, followed by a full technical description of every specimen, with art historical notes. Moreover, all engraved data are reproduced and interpreted as far as possible. In some 4300 pages, it contains 600 entries, with introductory essays and long extracts from two important Sanskrit texts, namely Mahendra Sūri's Yantrarāja and Padmanābha's Dhruvabhramādhikāra, along with English translations. Following a suggestion that a shorter version of the Catalogue, consisting of all the introductory essays and appendices, but excluding the catalogue proper, would be easier for the general reader to handle, this Abridged Version has been prepared. The pagination here remains the same as in the Catalogue. Those who wish to read about individual instruments can always consult the Catalogue.
Download or read book Scientific Instruments between East and West written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-09-02 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Instruments between East and West is a collection of essays on the transmission of knowledge about scientific instruments and the trade in such instruments between the Eastern and Western worlds.
Download or read book Astrolabes written by Pieter Hendrik van Cittert and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1954 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Divided Circle written by James A. Bennett and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Astronomical Instruments written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 93. Chapters: Active surface, Albion (astronomy), Alidade, Almucantar, Antikythera mechanism, ARCADE, Archeops, ARGOS (optics system), Armillary sphere, Astrarium, Astrograph, Astrolabe, Astronomical interferometer, Astronomical rings, Autoguider, Backstaff, Bris sextant, Celatone, Center for Detectors, Cherenkov Telescope Array, CORALIE spectrograph, Cosmolabe, Cranmer Park, Dioptra, Dividing engine, Eidouranion, ELODIE spectrograph, Elton's quadrant, Equatorial ring, Equatorium, ESPRESSO, European Pulsar Timing Array, Fiber-optic Improved Next-generation Doppler Search for Exo-Earths, Filar micrometer, Gnomon of Saint-Sulpice, Groombridge Transit Circle, HARPS-N, Helioscope, Herschel wedge, High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, Integral field spectrograph, International Pulsar Timing Array, Mariner's astrolabe, Mini-RF, Mural instrument, MySky, Nocturnal (instrument), North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves, Octant (instrument), Optical mount, Orrery, Quadrant (instrument), Qubic experiment, Radio telescope, Reflecting instrument, REM Telescope, Reticle, Rotational Modulation Collimator, Sextant (astronomical), Shadow square, Sine quadrant, SkyScout, Solar telescope, SOPHIE echelle spectrograph, Spectroheliograph, Spectrohelioscope, SPEX (astronomy), Spider (polarimeter), Stonyhurst disks, Telecompressor, Tellurion, The Celestial Sphere Woodrow Wilson Memorial, The Dish (landmark), Torquetum, Triquetrum (astronomy), Volvelle, Warkworth 2 dish, Warkworth Radio Observatory, Warkworth Radio Telescope. Excerpt: The Antikythera mechanism ( -i-ki-- or -i-- -r ) is an ancient analog computer designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was recovered in 1900-1901 from the Antikythera wreck, but its significance and complexity were not understood until a century later. Jacques Cousteau visited...
Download or read book The Description Use and Excellency of a New Instrument written by Caleb Smith and published by . This book was released on 1740* with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Few Astronomical Instruments written by Warner & Swasey and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Synchrony with the Heavens Volume 2 Instruments of Mass Calculation written by David King and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 1142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first investigation of one of the main interests of astronomy in Islamic civilization, namely, timekeeping by the sun and stars and the regulation of the astronomically-defined times of Muslim prayer. The study is based on over 500 medieval astronomical manuscripts first identified by the author, now preserved in libraries all over the world and originally from the entire Islamic world from the Maghrib to Central Asia and the Yemen. The materials presented provide new insights into the early development of the prayer ritual in Islam. They also call into question the popular notion that religion could not inspire serious scientific activity. Only one of the hundreds of astronomical tables discussed here was known in medieval Europe, which is one reason why the entire corpus has remained unknown until the present. A second volume, also to be published by Brill, deals with astronomical instruments for timekeeping and other computing devices.
Download or read book Orreries Clocks and London Society written by Tony Buick and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-23 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orreries—mechanical models of the Solar System and its motions—are found everywhere. They appear in paintings, on computers, across natural landscapes, and in museums all over the world. The more you look, the more you find, yet their significance is often overlooked aside other great astronomical inventions. This book reclaims the history of the orrery, offering a fascinating look into its evolution over the centuries. With a particular focus on London society and clockmakers, it weaves together historical narrative with practical know-hows and scientific fact, showing how the orrery changed from a fanciful toy to a high-tech instrument to a vessel for art and education. The first edition, Orrery, explained what an orrery is and how it got its name. This revised edition goes several steps further, tracing the instrument back to the time of Ptolemy and forward to planetariums and star projectors. In addition, it features new sections on how to construct your own orrery at home. This book will appeal to anybody interested in astronomical mechanical devices, scientific instruments, horology, or the history of clocks.
Download or read book The Astronomical Instruments in the Salar Jung Museum written by Salar Jung Museum and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalog of astronomical instruments in collection of the Museum.
Download or read book Description of an Arabic Quadrant written by William H. Morley and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Instruments of Science written by Robert Bud and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1998 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 300 entries from the ancient abacus to X-ray diffraction, as represented by a ca. 1900 photo of an X- ray machine as well as the latest research into filmless x- ray systems, this tour of the history of scientific instruments in multiple disciplines provides context and a bibliography for each entry. Newer conceptions of "instrument" include organisms widely used in research: e.g. the mouse, drosophila, and E. coli. Bandw photographs and diagrams showcase more traditional instruments from The Science Museum, London, and the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Islamic Astronomical Instruments written by David A. King and published by Variorum Publishing. This book was released on 1987 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Introduction to Practical Astronomy Descriptions of the various instruments that have been usefully employed in determining the places of heavenly bodies with an account of the methods of adjusting and using them written by William Pearson and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The English quadrant in Europe Instruments and the growth of consensus in practical astronomy written by J. A. Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Astronomical Instruments in the Delhi Museum written by George Rusby Kaye and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
