Four Treasures Reference Database
Record No. 17059
Treatise on the Ratios Between the Volumes of Metals and Jewels
Maqālah fī al-nisab allatī bayna al-filizzāt wa-al-jawāhir fī al-ḥajm; مقالة في النسب التي بين الفلزات والجواهر في الحجم
Manuscript
al-Bīrūnī, M.i.A. (1025 CE) Treatise on the Ratios Between the Volumes of Metals and Jewels. [Maqālah fī al-nisab allatī bayna al-filizzāt wa-al-jawāhir fī al-ḥajm; مقالة في النسب التي بين الفلزات والجواهر في الحجم]
Sinkankas/Born No.: NIS/NIB | Language: in Arabic | not seen
gems, Arabic mineralogy, al-Biruni, specific gravity, density
Unpublished manuscript where al-Biruni uses a special device to measure the specific gravity of metals and gems. In the library of St. Joseph University, Beirut