Al-Kashi's Geographical Tables: Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 77, Part 7) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780871697783)

Jamshid Ghyath al-Din al-Kashi (fl. 1420), a native of central Iran, worked at the Samarqand observatory of Sultan Ulugh Beg, grandson of Tamerlane. Kashi is best known as a virtuoso of computational mathematics, but he was also a competent astronomer. Among his major works is the "Zij-i Khaqani," an astronomical handbook written in Persian. The zij contains a list giving the latitudes & longitudes of some 515 places, mostly cities, the subject of this paper. Contents: Introduction; The Table; Analysis of the Table; & Bibliography. Illustrations.

Author: E. S. Kennedy,M. H. Kennedy
ISBN-10: 0871697785
ISBN-13: 9780871697783
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1987
Pages: 45
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.25d