Studies in medieval islamic technology : from Philo to al-Jazari : from Alexandria to Diyar Bakr / Donald R. Hill ; edited by David A. King

ÍndicesEDITORIAL PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
DONALD ROUTLEDGE HILL, 1922-1994
DONALD ROUTLEDGE HILL - PUBLICATIONS
ISLAMIC TECHNOLOGY (GENERAL)
Islamic fine technology and its influence on the development of European horology
Medieval arabic mechanical technology
From Philo to al-Jazari
Arabic fine technology and its influence on European mechanical engeneering
Arabic mechanical engineering: survey of the historical sources
Information of engeneering in the works of muslim geographers
Mining technology
Hydraulic machines
GREEK TECHNOLOGY
Les ouvres de Héron et leur contexte historique
Construction of a fluting machine by Apollonius the carpenter
ISLAMIC TECHNOLOGY (SPECIFIC)
The nilometer
The Banu Musa and their Book of Ingenious Devices
Qusta ibn Luqa
Al-Birunis mechanical calendar
Al-Jazari
Notice of an Important al-Jazari manuscript
TECHNOLOGY IN ANDALUSIA
A treatise on machines by Ibn Muadh Abu Abdallah al-Jayyani [The treatise is by Ibn Khalaf al-Muradi. Ed.]
Andalusian technology
TECHNOLOGY AND WAR
Trebuchets
The camel and the horse and the early arab conquests
INDEXES (names of persosn, modem scholars, titles of books, topics, technical items).