Journal for the History of Science

Journal for the History of Science

Some Solutions for Some of Najm al-Dawla’s Propositions in his Usūl Awāʾil Hindisa wa ʿAmalīyāt Ān, Drawing of Regular Polygons and their Application in Tile and Architecture

Document Type : Research/Original/Reqular Article

Author
akbar zamani
researcher
10.22059/jihs.2019.286103.371502
Abstract
Najm al-Dawla in his Usūl Awāʾil Hindisa wa ʿAmalīyāt Ān (Principles of Elementary Geometry and its Operation), Chapter Three, has divided a circle into a number of unproven issues and has come up with simple and innovative ways to draw them. In this paper, the problems are proven and their application in tile and architecture was explained. 1. Divide circle environment into 7, 14 and 15 equal parts; 2. Divide the circle into 5, 8, 10, 11 and 16 equal parts; 3. Divide circle environment into 9, 13 and 19 equal parts; 4. Divide circle environment into 17 equal parts; 5. Divide the circle into n equal parts; 6. Calculate the area of a lagoon, which there is no accessible to its inside; 7. Drawing an egg
Keywords
egg
heptagon
decagonapplication of geometry in Islamic architecture
drawing of polygons
Najm al-Dawla
Usūl Awāʾil Hindisa wa ʿAmalīyāt Ān
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