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Late Medieval Planetary Theory
- E. S. Kennedy
- Sociology
- Isis
- 1 October 1966
THIS PAPER IS an attempt to describe and discuss models for representing planetary motion developed in the thirteenth century or shortly thereafter. A series of four articles which have appeared in… Expand
Al-Kāshī's Treatise on Astronomical Observational Instruments
- E. S. Kennedy
- History
- Journal of Near Eastern Studies
- 1 April 1961
T His paper is a minor contribution to the slowly accumulating corpus of materials on medieval observatory equipment. It presents the Persian text, translation, and commentary to a short treatise… Expand
Comets in Islamic Astronomy and Astrology
- E. S. Kennedy
- History
- Journal of Near Eastern Studies
- 1 January 1957
HIS paper is a collection and analysis of all references in medieval Arabic sources to "tailed stars" (Arabic kawdkib mudhanniba, kawdkib dhawdt aladhnab) presently available to the author. His… Expand
The Planetary Theory of Ibn al-Shāṭir
- E. S. Kennedy, Victor Roberts
- Philosophy
- Isis
- 1 September 1959
A recent paper' has discussed the solar and lunar kinematic models described by the fourteenth-century Damascene astronomer known as Ibn al-Sht the planet is at the terminal point of the last. Thus… Expand
Astronomy and Astrology in the Medieval Islamic World
- E. S. Kennedy
- Geography
- 28 March 1998
Contents: Preface Astronomy: Habash al-Hasib on the melon astrolabe Two topics from an astrological manuscript: Sindhind days and planetary latitudes Al-Sufi on the celestial globe Applied… Expand
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