] Numerous fine experimental methods were developed for determining the specific weight, which were based, in particular, on the theory of balances and weighing | |
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in Encyclopaedia of Islam Bearman, P | Using a whole body of mathematical methods not only those inherited from the antique theory of ratios and infinitesimal techniques, but also the methods of the contemporary algebra and fine calculation techniques , Muslim scientists raised statics to a new, higher level |
pp 111: "Al-Biruni wrote one of the masterpieces of medieval science, Kitab al-Tafhim, apparently in both Arabic and Persian, demonstrating how conversant he was in both tongues.
23Lindberg, Science in the Middle Ages, , p | |
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Journal of Near Eastern Studies | The classical results of Archimedes in the theory of the centre of gravity were generalized and applied to three-dimensional bodies, the theory of ponderable lever was founded and the 'science of gravity' was created and later further developed in medieval Europe |
MacKenzie, Encyclopaedia Iranica, "CHORASMIA iii.