Abbas Ibn Firnas
| Abbas ibn Firnas | |
|---|---|
| Born | 810 Izn-Rand Onda (Ronda), Al-Andalus |
| Died | 887 Cordoba |
| Other names | Abu l-Qāsim Abbās ibn Firnās, Armen Firman |
| Nationality | Andalusian (actual Spain) |
| Ethnicity | Berber |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Religion | Islam |
| Main interest(s) | Medicine, astrology, engineering |
Abbas Abu al-Qasim ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas al-Takurini (810–887 A.D.), also known as Abbas ibn Firnas (Arabic: عباس بن فرناس), was an Andalusian polymath: an inventor, physician, chemist, engineer, Andalusian musician, and Arabic-language poet. Of Berber descent, he was born in Izn-Rand Onda, Al-Andalus (today's Ronda, Spain), lived in the Emirate of Córdoba, and is reputed to have attempted flight.
The crater Ibn Firnas on the Moon is named in his honor, as well as the Ibn Firnas Airport in Baghdad and one of the bridges over the Guadalquivir river in Cordoba.
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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