About: Al-Khazini   Sponge Permalink

An Entity of Type : dbkwik:resource/cEaq1BhedkGINeisNDGorw==, within Data Space : 134.155.108.49:8890 associated with source dataset(s)

Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini (Arabic: عبدالرحمن الخزيني‎) (flourished 1115–1130) was a scientist, astronomer, physicist, biologist, alchemist, mathematician and philosopher from Merv, then in the Khorasan province of Persia but now in Turkmenistan, who made important contributions to physics and astronomy. He is considered the greatest scholar from Merv. Robert E. Hall wrote the following on al-Khazini: "His hydrostatic balance can leave no doubt that as a maker of scientific instruments he is among the greatest of any time."

AttributesValues
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Al-Khazini
rdfs:comment
  • Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini (Arabic: عبدالرحمن الخزيني‎) (flourished 1115–1130) was a scientist, astronomer, physicist, biologist, alchemist, mathematician and philosopher from Merv, then in the Khorasan province of Persia but now in Turkmenistan, who made important contributions to physics and astronomy. He is considered the greatest scholar from Merv. Robert E. Hall wrote the following on al-Khazini: "His hydrostatic balance can leave no doubt that as a maker of scientific instruments he is among the greatest of any time."
sameAs
Era
dcterms:subject
dbkwik:islam/prope...iPageUsesTemplate
notability
Name
  • Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini
Ethnicity
main interests
notable idea
  • Experimental scientific method in mechanics; gravitational potential energy; gravity at a distance; distinction between force, mass and weight
Title
  • Al-Khazini
school tradition
Influences
Color
  • #B0C4DE
Death
  • 12(xsd:integer)
Birth
  • 11(xsd:integer)
influenced
abstract
  • Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini (Arabic: عبدالرحمن الخزيني‎) (flourished 1115–1130) was a scientist, astronomer, physicist, biologist, alchemist, mathematician and philosopher from Merv, then in the Khorasan province of Persia but now in Turkmenistan, who made important contributions to physics and astronomy. He is considered the greatest scholar from Merv. Robert E. Hall wrote the following on al-Khazini: "His hydrostatic balance can leave no doubt that as a maker of scientific instruments he is among the greatest of any time."
is influenced of
Alternative Linked Data Views: ODE     Raw Data in: CXML | CSV | RDF ( N-Triples N3/Turtle JSON XML ) | OData ( Atom JSON ) | Microdata ( JSON HTML) | JSON-LD    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3217, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Standard Edition
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2012 OpenLink Software