analysis and refinement of AstrolabesNot only did Biruni perform research on theories, but he also did in-depth analysis on astrolabes and how they should work. He drew different depictions of various instruments that are considered to be the precursors of more modern objects such as clocks and astrolabes, which other scientists were able to use later on to complete these inventions. |
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Ulugh beg observatoryThe Ulugh Beg Observatory is an observatory in Samrakand in modern-day Uzbekistan. Built in the 1420s by the Timurid astronomer Ulugh Beg, it is considered by scholars to have been one of the finest observatories in the Islamic world. The observatory was destroyed in 1449 by religious fanatics and rediscovered in 1908.
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