Abbas Ibn Firnas's contribution in aviation

Abros Ibn Fimas (810-887 CEl, ",:ho came 10 Cordoro from Baghdad 10 teach music Iheory :lIthe court of Abd al·Rahman 111. Ib" Firnas had workro in many lields, such as. chemislry, physics, aslronomy, and as a poc!. He deSigned a water clock, he worked 10 impw\'e the way glass was mad...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Ali Suliman, Suliman Mohamed, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed
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Published: IIUM Press 2011
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spelling iium-211562012-08-05T04:11:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/21156/ Abbas Ibn Firnas's contribution in aviation Mohamed Ali Suliman, Suliman Mohamed Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed BP1 Islam TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Abros Ibn Fimas (810-887 CEl, ",:ho came 10 Cordoro from Baghdad 10 teach music Iheory :lIthe court of Abd al·Rahman 111. Ib" Firnas had workro in many lields, such as. chemislry, physics, aslronomy, and as a poc!. He deSigned a water clock, he worked 10 impw\'e the way glass was madc, have worked on eyeglaS5es to hdp those wilh weake vision. He devised a way 10 CUI very hard quar11~ or T<lck crystal, and fubricated a mechanical model to show Ihe motions of planets and stars. In 875 CE, Ibn Firnas constructed a glider. and launched himself into the air. The /light was successful. and was viewed by a crowd of people. As an experimental vehicle. However, the landing was bad.The objective of this cMpler is 10 describe, compare and discuss Ibn Abbas's Experimental theory in avialion science. The significance oflhis chapler to show how far he contributed in aviation. Comparison method had been used 10 evaluale Abbas's Ihcory, The basic flight theory had been used as measuremem. The chapter explores the contribution of Abbas Ibl> rlfnas in aviation.The methodology of this chapter uses library based source such as books. journals and other relavant sourc IIUM Press 2011 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/21156/1/Chapter_25.pdf Mohamed Ali Suliman, Suliman Mohamed and Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed (2011) Abbas Ibn Firnas's contribution in aviation. In: Contributions of Early Muslim Scientists to Engineering Sciences and Related Studies. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 135-138. ISBN 978-967-418-157-4 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/default.aspx
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TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
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TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Mohamed Ali Suliman, Suliman Mohamed
Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed
Abbas Ibn Firnas's contribution in aviation
description Abros Ibn Fimas (810-887 CEl, ",:ho came 10 Cordoro from Baghdad 10 teach music Iheory :lIthe court of Abd al·Rahman 111. Ib" Firnas had workro in many lields, such as. chemislry, physics, aslronomy, and as a poc!. He deSigned a water clock, he worked 10 impw\'e the way glass was madc, have worked on eyeglaS5es to hdp those wilh weake vision. He devised a way 10 CUI very hard quar11~ or T<lck crystal, and fubricated a mechanical model to show Ihe motions of planets and stars. In 875 CE, Ibn Firnas constructed a glider. and launched himself into the air. The /light was successful. and was viewed by a crowd of people. As an experimental vehicle. However, the landing was bad.The objective of this cMpler is 10 describe, compare and discuss Ibn Abbas's Experimental theory in avialion science. The significance oflhis chapler to show how far he contributed in aviation. Comparison method had been used 10 evaluale Abbas's Ihcory, The basic flight theory had been used as measuremem. The chapter explores the contribution of Abbas Ibl> rlfnas in aviation.The methodology of this chapter uses library based source such as books. journals and other relavant sourc
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author Mohamed Ali Suliman, Suliman Mohamed
Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed
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Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed
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title Abbas Ibn Firnas's contribution in aviation
title_short Abbas Ibn Firnas's contribution in aviation
title_full Abbas Ibn Firnas's contribution in aviation
title_fullStr Abbas Ibn Firnas's contribution in aviation
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publisher IIUM Press
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/21156/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/21156/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/21156/1/Chapter_25.pdf
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