Maslama al=Majriti and the Rutbatu'l=Hakim
@article{Holmyard1924MaslamaAA, title={Maslama al=Majriti and the Rutbatu'l=Hakim}, author={Eric John Holmyard}, journal={Isis}, year={1924}, volume={6}, pages={293 - 305} }
The Rutbatu'l-Hakim or (c Sage's Step ) is one of the most important sources for the history of the development of chemistry in Arabic Spain. I have not hitherto been able to make a properly critical study of the text, although I hope to undertake this in the near future, but there are many problems and points of interest in connection with the Rutba which can profitably be considered independently, and with some of these I propose to deal. In view of the fact that it was from Spanish Islam…
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