Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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مذهب المخانيقي، وهي الحِيَل ‘mechanical approach’

Arabic

Translation of:
References:	PH Morelon: I.1:3, 15:13
Greek:	μηχανικαὶ ἔφοδοι [PH Heiberg: I.1:3, 70:17]
Modern translations:
French:	moyen mécanique - il s'agit des mécanismes ingénieux [PH Morelon: I.1:3, 14:23]
German:	Wege der Mechanik [PH Nix: I.1:3, 71:24]