Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini

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Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini was a medieval Islamic astronomer, mathematician, and physicist known for his influential work in celestial mechanics, timekeeping, and scientific instrumentation.

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instanceOf Islamic Golden Age scholar ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
medieval scientist ⓘ
natural philosopher ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
contributedTo development of celestial mechanics in the Islamic world ⓘ
development of precision balances ⓘ
improvement of astronomical instruments ⓘ
methods of time measurement ⓘ
study of specific gravity ⓘ
theory of hydrostatic balance ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
field astronomy ⓘ
hydrostatics ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
mechanics ⓘ
optics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
scientific instrumentation ⓘ
timekeeping ⓘ
influenced later Islamic astronomers ⓘ
later Islamic physicists ⓘ
medieval European scholars through translations ⓘ
influencedBy Ptolemy ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaios

earlier Islamic astronomers ⓘ
knownFor design of scientific instruments ⓘ
treatise Kitab Mizan al-Hikma ⓘ
work on celestial mechanics ⓘ
work on timekeeping ⓘ
languageOfWork Arabic ⓘ
notableIdea application of hydrostatics to weighing in air and water ⓘ
discussion of variable gravity with distance from Earth’s center ⓘ
use of precision balances to determine densities of substances ⓘ
notableWork Book of the Balance of Wisdom ⓘ
Kitab Mizan al-Hikma ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
instrument maker ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
studied celestial motions ⓘ
density of liquids and solids ⓘ
equilibrium of bodies ⓘ
usedInstrument astrolabe ⓘ
precision balance ⓘ
water clock ⓘ

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Jalali calendar → developedBy → Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini ⓘ