Astronomy
Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:
Observ: Eclipsos Lunaris Oxon 19 Octr 1697 et [Mercury] in [the Sun] 24 Oct 1697, October 1697, with 2 apparently attached documents from 17041693
Observatio Eclipsis lunaris Oxonii, May 1696
Tabulated observational data of the 1696 lunar eclipse which Gregory watched from Oxford.
On Cassini's orbit, 10 September 1704
A draft, on the eve of the publication of the Astronomiae, of a discussion in proposition 8 of Cassini's orbit, an apparent compromise between the true and approximate systems.
Or Ms 93: معراج التوحید Mi'rāj al-Tawḥīd, 1222 A.H., 1807 C.E.
Or Ms 170: شرح تذكرة الطوسى Sharḥ tadhkirat al-Ṭūsī, 1146 A.H., 1733 C.E.
A commentary on the Tadhkirah, a treatise on the elements of Astronomy of the famous Khwājah Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (d. 672 A.H., 1273 C.E.), by Al-Sayyid al-Sharīf al-Jurjānī (d. 816 A.H., 1413 C.E.), who compiled it in 811 A.H. (1408 C.E.). It is divided into four chapters.
Contains numerous neat diagrams in colour.
Or Ms 260: رساله درعلمِ نجوم Risālah dar ‘ilm-i nujūm, undated
A treatise on astronomy; neither preface nor author's name is given. Numerous tables in red ink.
Or Ms 396: تحریر المجستي Taḥrīr al-Mijistī, 1011 A.H., 1602 C.E.
A slightly defective copy of Nasīr al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī's (died 672 A.H., 1274 C.E.) edition of the Arabic version of Almagest by Claudius Ptolemy (c.100–170 C.E.), a 2nd-century Greek-language treatise on mathematics and astronomy concerning the planetary paths and motions of the stars.
The present copy contains many astronomical tables and diagrams; headings in red; an innumerable amount of glosses on the margin.
Or Ms 397: تحریر المجستي Taḥrīr al-Mijistī, undated copy (original text composed 13th cent. C.E.)
Or Ms 398 شرح تذکرة الطوسي Sharḥ Tadhkirat al-Ṭūsī, 1146 A.H., 1733 C.E.
A copy of al-Sayyid al-Sharīf 'Alī al-Jurjānī's (died 816 A.H., 1413 C.E.) Arabic commentary on elements of astronomy by Nasīr al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (died 672 A.H., 1274 C.E.). Text and diagrams in red.