Crab or Arabic 'Salta'oon' (IMAGE)

University of Sharjah

Crab or Arabic 'Salta'oon'

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An ancient Arabic manuscript expounding the function of an astrolabe constructed in the shape of crab or Arabic 'Salta'oon'.

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Science and Technology in Islam, vol. II (Astronomy), published by the Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science at Frankfurt, Germany, in 2003.

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