A Medieval Arabic Reform of the Ptolemaic Lunar Model
@article{Saliba1989AMA,
title={A Medieval Arabic Reform of the Ptolemaic Lunar Model},
author={G. Saliba},
journal={Journal for the History of Astronomy},
year={1989},
volume={20},
pages={157 - 164}
}In a previous article, published in 1979, I have described in some detail the planetary model of Mu'ayyad al-Din al-Tlrdi of Damascus (d. A.D.1266).1 In that article I published a working edition of the relatively short Arabic text describing the model, and appended to it an English translation and a commentary. The purpose of that article was to show that the planetary model, hitherto ascribed to Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (d. A.D. 1311), was in fact due to the Damascene astronomer Mu'ayyad al-Din… CONTINUE READING
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A very brief description of 'Urdi's lunar model was published in Arabic as part of "Falakiy min Dimashq yarudd 'alii hay'at Batlamyiis
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For a full description of this model see Almagest
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III, 2, 3 for an explicit statement of the principle of uniform motion which is ascribed to the celestial spheres
- See Almagest
In the words of Ibn al-Haytham, imaginary lines have no motions of their own