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French ship Astrolabe (1817) — The Astrolabe was a horse barge converted to an exploration ship of the French Navy. She is famous for her travels with Jules Dumont d Urville. The Astrolabe Subglacial Basin in Antarctica bears her name, as do the Astrolabe Glacier, the… … Wikipedia
Timeline of Islamic science and engineering — This timeline of Islamic science and engineering covers the general development of science and technology in the Islamic world during the Islamic Golden Age, usually dated from the 7th to 16th centuries.From the 17th century onwards, the advances … Wikipedia
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navigation — navigational, adj. /nav i gay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of navigating. 2. the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, or guided missile. [1520 30; < L navigation (s. of navigatio) a voyage.… … Universalium
Inventions in medieval Islam — A significant number of inventions were developed in the medieval Islamic world, a geopolitical region that has at various times extended from Al Andalus and Africa in the west to the Indian subcontinent and Malay Archipelago in the east.… … Wikipedia
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Peter of Maricourt — (Peter Peregrinus of Maricourt; [Edward Grant, “Peter Peregrinus,” Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York: Scribners, 1975), 10: 532. Ron B. Thomson, “Peter Peregrinus,” Medieval Science, Technology and Medicine. An Encyclopedia , ed.… … Wikipedia
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi — Persian Muslim scholar Naṣīr al Dīn al Ṭūsī The Astronomical Observatory of Nasir al Din al Tusi Title Khawaja Nasir … Wikipedia
