Al-Abbās ibn Said al-Jawharī

Al-Abbās ibn Said al-Jawharī

transl|ar|ALA|Al-ʿAbbās ibn Saʿid al-Jawharī (c. 800 Baghdad? – c. 860 Baghdad?) was a geometer who worked at the House of Wisdom in Baghdad and for in a short time in Damascus where he made astronomical observations. His most important work was his "Commentary on Euclid's Elements" which contained nearly 50 additional propositions and an attempted proof of the parallel postulate.

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