1001 Inventions
Edited by Salim T. S. al-Hassani
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Printed p. 249 PDF p. 252Reading page
“…y travelers such as Zakari ya' ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini, who has left accounts of the marvelous creatures that thrive in the China Sea, notably very large fi.sh (possibly whales), giant tortoises, and monstrous…”
Text around a matching name in the supplied edition. Extraction may retain spelling or spacing errors.Printed p. 291 PDF p. 294Reading page
“…Ajaib al Makhluqat', or Wonders of Creation, by al-Qazwini demanded fairly sophisticated spherical geometry, or geo metry that deals with shapes on the surface of the sphere. It was Al-Kindi, working in Baghdad…”
Text around a matching name in the supplied edition. Extraction may retain spelling or spacing errors.Printed p. 316 PDF p. 319Biographical entry
“…Al-Mansuri Hospital. tor, pain ter, architect, and poet. Al-Qazwini, Zakariya' ibn Mu hammad (1203- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762); Lon- 1283); Qazwin, Iran; trave ler, explorer , and Mll"t. don, England; prominent member…”
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