Description: One of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed down by example and by word of mouth, and apprenticeships could last for decades. Fortunately, however, occasional treatises do exist.
Review Quotes: Altogether, this is a well-researched and scholarly work on the subject which will be of enormous value to the scholars and the general readers alike.'--Ayyub Malik "Muslim World Book Review, 2007"