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Conference Paper: The transmission of the Islamic astrolabe in Imperial China
| Title | The transmission of the Islamic astrolabe in Imperial China |
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| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2013 |
| Publisher | University of Manchester. |
| Citation | The 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine (iCHSTM 2013), Manchester, UK., 21-28 July 2013, 27 pp. How to Cite? |
| Abstract | An astrolabe imitates the motion of the heavens. Without stereographic projection the astrolabe is inconceivable. It is, however, the origin and development of the method of stereographic projection was unclear. The Planisphaerium by Claudius Ptolemy (85?-165) is the only Hellenistic work on stereographic projection that has come down to the present day. This paper will examine the following issues: Hipparchus of Nicaea (190B.C.-125B.C.) and the discovery of stereographic projection; Roman architect Vitruvius (died after 27 A. D.) and the anaphoric clock; Roman portable sundial and stereographic projection; Monophysitist Bishop Severus Sēbōkht (575?-666/667) and Hellenistic-Roman style astrolabe; Persian astronomer Li Su李素 (?-796), Arabic astronomer Ma Yize馬依澤 (910?-1005) and Islamic astrolabes; Islamic astronomical bureau at the Mongolian upper capital and an Islamic spherical astrolabe. |
| Description | Paper Session - S092. Astronomy and its applications in ancient and medieval societies: S092-G: South and East Asian astronomy, part 3 |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/205025 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Fung, KW | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-20T01:18:39Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2014-09-20T01:18:39Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine (iCHSTM 2013), Manchester, UK., 21-28 July 2013, 27 pp. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/205025 | - |
| dc.description | Paper Session - S092. Astronomy and its applications in ancient and medieval societies: S092-G: South and East Asian astronomy, part 3 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | An astrolabe imitates the motion of the heavens. Without stereographic projection the astrolabe is inconceivable. It is, however, the origin and development of the method of stereographic projection was unclear. The Planisphaerium by Claudius Ptolemy (85?-165) is the only Hellenistic work on stereographic projection that has come down to the present day. This paper will examine the following issues: Hipparchus of Nicaea (190B.C.-125B.C.) and the discovery of stereographic projection; Roman architect Vitruvius (died after 27 A. D.) and the anaphoric clock; Roman portable sundial and stereographic projection; Monophysitist Bishop Severus Sēbōkht (575?-666/667) and Hellenistic-Roman style astrolabe; Persian astronomer Li Su李素 (?-796), Arabic astronomer Ma Yize馬依澤 (910?-1005) and Islamic astrolabes; Islamic astronomical bureau at the Mongolian upper capital and an Islamic spherical astrolabe. | - |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Manchester. | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine, iCHSTM 2013 | en_US |
| dc.title | The transmission of the Islamic astrolabe in Imperial China | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
| dc.identifier.email | Fung, KW: fungkw@hku.hk | en_US |
| dc.identifier.authority | Fung, KW=rp01146 | en_US |
| dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 239982 | en_US |
| dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |