al-Qasim Abbas ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas al-Takurini (Arabic: أبو القاسم عباس بن فرناس بن ورداس التاكرني; c. 809/810 – 887 CE), known as Abbas ibn Firnas (Arabic:...

the interior floor. In 1976 the crater was named by the IAU after Abbas Ibn Firnas, a polymath from Andalucia who, in the 9th century, devised a chain...

Husayn. Abbas ibn al-Walid (died 750), Umayyad prince and general Abbas ibn al-Ma'mun (died 838), Abbasid prince and general Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887)...

type of metronome was among the inventions of Andalusian polymath Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887). In 1815, German inventor Johann Maelzel patented a mechanical...

study of bird flight. Medieval Islamic Golden Age scientists such as Abbas ibn Firnas also made such studies. The founders of modern aeronautics, Leonardo...

Look up Abbas or abbas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Abbas may refer to: Abbas (name), list of people with the name, including: Abbas ibn Ali (645–680)...

and the Father of Operative Surgery. Ibn al-Nafis: Father of Circulatory Physiology and Anatomy. Abbas ibn Firnas: Father of Medieval Aviation. Alhazen:...

capital of the Takurunna province. It was the hometown of the polymath Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887), an inventor, engineer, alleged aviator, chemist, physician...

uses of lenses. The invention of reading stones is often credited to Abbas ibn Firnas in the 9th century, although the regular use of reading stones only...

9th century Ja'far Muhammad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir Ahmad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir Al-Hasan ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir Abbas Ibn Firnas (Armen Firman), 9th century Al-Saghani...

September 24 – Gao Pian, general of the Tang Dynasty Abbas ibn Firnas, Muslim physician and inventor (b. 810) Ibn Majah, Muslim hadith compiler (or 889) Jeonggang...

Hezarfen's desire to build wings that allow him to fly. Lagâri Hasan Çelebi Abbas ibn Firnas hezarfen Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine TDK Büyük...

Spain). According to a 17th century account, the Andalusian inventor Abbas ibn Firnas makes a tower jump in Córdoba. He wraps himself with vulture feathers...

scholar who introduced the Maliki school of jurisprudence in Al-Andalus. Abbas ibn Firnas, 810–887, Berber inventor, poet, and scientist in the Emirate of Córdoba...

Abbasid caliphate due to the disastrous Fourth Fitna. The scholar Abbas ibn Firnas made an attempt to fly, though accounts vary on his success. In 852...

(d. 870) July 27 – Xuān Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 859) Abbas ibn Firnas, Muslim physician and inventor (d. 887) Anastasius, antipope of Rome...

873). Major figure in Islamic philosophy. Influenced by Neoplatonism. Abbas ibn Firnas (809–887). Polymath. John the Scot (c. 815 – 877). neoplatonist, pantheist...

would obscure the view of the Great Mosque. Autovía del Sur Bridge. Abbas Ibn Firnas Bridge, inaugurated in January 2011. It is part of the variant west...

Germany – contact lens Ethel Finck (1932–2003), U.S. – cardiac catheter Abbas Ibn Firnas (810–887), Al-Andalus – fused quartz and silica glass, metronome Artur...

887: Abbas ibn Firnas. Planetarium, artificial crystals. According to one account that was written seven centuries after his death, Ibn Firnas was injured...

Arabic grammar, poetry, astrology, medicine, and other sciences. Abbas ibn Firnas was among the most notable poets and polymaths of this period who brought...

tower. c. 875 According to 17th century historian Ahmad al-Maqqari, Abbas Ibn Firnas of the Emirate of Córdoba attempted flight using feathers and wings...

were those by the 9th-century Andalusian and Arabic-language poet Abbas ibn Firnas and the 11th-century English monk Eilmer of Malmesbury; both experiments...

17th-century account reports an attempt at flight by the 9th-century poet Abbas Ibn Firnas near Córdoba, Spain which ended in heavy back injuries. The monk Eilmer...

Malmesbury (recorded in the 12th century) and the 9th-century poet Abbas Ibn Firnas (recorded in the 17th century). Roger Bacon, writing in 1260, was also...

plumb-line. Persian and Arab astronomers such as Ibrahim al-Fazari and Abbas Ibn Firnas continued to build and improve on armillary spheres. The spherical...

Hunayn ibn Ishaq (809–873) wrote the book Ten Treatises on the Eye; this remained influential in the West until the 17th century. Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887)...

short-distance human flights appear, such as the winged flights of Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887, recorded in the 17th century), Eilmer of Malmesbury (11th...

raised in Tunisia Hayet Omri (1981–), Tunisian politician and inventor Abbas Ibn Firnas (809–887) Nur ad-Din al-Betrugi (died c. 1204) Tertullian (c. 160 –...

philosophy in Constantinople, where he taught Aristotelian logic. Abbas Ibn Firnas (810 – 887), a polymath and inventor in Al-Andalus, made contributions...