Studies in al-Kimya' - Critical Issues in Latin and Arabic Alchemy and Chemistry by Ahmad Y al-Hassan (2009).pdf

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AHMAD Y. AL-HASSAN
Critical Issues in Latin
and
Arabic Alchemy
and Chern istry
Ahmad Y. al-Hassan
Studies in al-Kimya'
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Ahlnad Y. aI-Hassan
Studies in al-Kimya'
Critical Issues
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Latin
and Arabic Alchemy
and Chemistry
Ahmad Y. aI-Has san
Studies in al-Kimya'
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2009
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Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
In trodu cti on
.
IX
1
7
1
2
Arabic Alchemy:
'Ilm
ai-San
'a
(Science of the
Art)
The Arabic Original of
Liber de compositione alchimiae
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u-Wyy
4J~.J
29
The Epistle
of Maryanus, the Hermit and Philosopher,
to Prince Khalid ibn Yazid
3
The Arabic Origin of the
Summa
and Geber Latin Works:
A Refutation of Berthelot, Ruska and Newman Based
on Arabic Sources
Arabic Industrial Chemistry
Industrial Chemistry in Kitab al-Khawass aI-Kabir
(The Great Book of Properties) of Jabir ibn Hayyan
An Eighth-Century Arabic Book of Recipes
on the Colouring of Glass, the Manufacturing of Pearls
and Other Industrial Products:
Kitab
AI-Durra AI-Maknuna
(The Book of the Hidden Pearl) of Jabir ibn Hayyan
(c. 721- c. 815)
Potassium Nitrate and Nitric Acid in Arabic
and Latin
Sources
Gunpowder
Composition
for Rockets
and Cannon
in Arabic Military Treatises in
the 13th and
14th
Centurie
Alcohol and the Distillation
of Wine in Arabic Source
from the 8th
Century
Danlascus Steel in Medieval
Arabic Source
53
105
145
4
5
6
191
235
257
283
299
311
7
8
9
10
Index
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