Monthly Archives: February 2016

Abū Kāmil’s “On the Pentagon and Decagon” Mohammad Yadegari and Martin Levey Japanese Studies in the History of Science, Supplement 2 / 1971. The History of Science Society of Japan, Tokyo March 1972 54pp Download the Journal Sample PDFOpen Access Download the Journal PDF (Members Only) Abū Kāmil’s “On the Pentagon and Decagon” by Mohammad Yadegari and Martin Levey [1] Abū Kāmil Shujāc ibn Aslam ibn Muhammad ibn Shujāc (ca. 850-930 A.D.) was known as al-Hasib al-Misrī, “the reckoner from Egypt.” He is, after al-Khwārizmī (ca. 825), the earliest algebraist of the Islamic Middle Ages whose writings are extant [2]. His work is important in the history of mathematics for … Continue reading →

Chemical Aspects of Medieval Arabic Minting in a Treatise By Mansur ibn Bacra Martin Levey Japanese Studies in the History of Science, Supplement 1 / 1971. The History of Science Society of Japan, Tokyo March 1972 136pp Download the Journal Sample PDFOpen Access Download the Journal PDF (Members Only) CONTENTS Download the Contents Page PDF(Open Access) Preface Download the Preface Page PDF(Open Access) Arabic Minting I Arabic Chemical Technology 1 II Noble Metals in Currency and Their legality 11 III Origin of Minerals and Their Chemical Treatment 17 IV Parting of Gold and Silver 22 V Refining of Gold for Coinage 25 VI Testing of Gold and Gold Coins 28 … Continue reading →