Ibn al-Shāṭir

Also found as Ibn al-Shatir

Reformed planetary models and designed astronomical timekeeping instruments as muwaqqit in Damascus.

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1001 Inventions

Edited by Salim T. S. al-Hassani

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Printed p. 31 PDF p. 34Reading page

“…on the work of Nasir al·Din al-Tusi and Ibn al-Shatir. Leonardo da Vinci…”

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Printed p. 268 PDF p. 271Reading page

“…is bel ieved to have discovered sunspots. • Ibn al-Shatir was a 14th-century astronomer. In the case of lunar motion, he corrected Ptolemy, whose imagined moon approached far closer to the Earth than…”

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Printed p. 314 PDF p. 317Biographical entry

“…(d. 1035); Cordoba, Spain; mathematician and astronomer . Ibn al-Shatir al-Muwaqqit (1304-1375); Damascus, Syria; astronomer and timekeeper at the Umayyad Great Mosque of Damascus. Ibn al-Thahabi, Abu Mohammed Abdellah ibn Mohammed al-Azdi (d.…”

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