Al Quhî on The Possibility of İnfinite Motion in Finite Time
Authors : Aydın Sayili
Pages : 491-496
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Publication Date : 1957-07-20
Article Type : Research Article
Abstract :The article of Al Quhi (second half of the tenth century), whose text and translation are giyen below, exists in manuscript form in the Ayasofya Library, İstanbul It is mentioned by Brockelmann . The ideas contained in this short article of Al Quhi are clearly reminiscent of certain developments which took place just before the time of Galileo and which were undoubtedly of great importance in preparing the way for the Galilean physics. The contributions of Benedetti especially were of significance.Keywords : Al Quhi, Galile, Benedetti, Ayasofya