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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Ptolemy, al-Majisṭī (tr. al-Ḥajjāj)

Leiden, UB, Or. 680 · 47r

Facsimile

الاختلاف على الزيادة والنقصان لكلّ عدد من أعداد الحركة الوسطى

⟨III.7⟩

النوع السابع في وضع جداول اختلافات حركة الشمس

وهاكذا تحطيط الجداول لاختلاف حركة الشمس

فصل جداول الاختلاف الشمسيّ The remainder of L 47r is the Table of the anomaly of the sun. BL 74r, second column has a blank space, without the table.