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Abbas ibn Firnas عباس بن فرناس

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Abbas Ibn Firnas designed a water clock called al-Maqata, devised a means of manufacturing colorless glass, invented various glass planispheres, made corrective lenses ("reading stones"), devised a chain of rings that could be used to simulate the motions of the planets and stars, and developed a process for cutting rock crystal that allowed Spain to cease exporting quartz to Egypt to be cut
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Abbas ibn Firnas عباس بن فرناس

Abbas ibn Firnas (Arabic: عباس بن فرناس‎), was an Andalusian polymath:[1][2] an inventor, physician, chemist, engineer, Andalusian musician, and Read More

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