Taqi al din

Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf

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  • Oct 22, 1526

    Born

    Born In Damascus
  • Oct 22, 1545

    Sight

    Sight
    In the early Greek world there were two competing ideas of sight.
  • Dec 25, 1551

    Steam Turbine

    In 1551, Taqi al-Din described a steam turbine with the practical application of rotating a spit.
  • Aug 8, 1574

    Istanbul's Observatory

    In 1574 the Ottoman Sultan Murād III invited Taqī ad-Dīn to build the Istanbul observatory.
  • Oct 22, 1574

    Tools in Observatory

    He used errors in various astronomical tables as reasoning for the new project.
  • Oct 22, 1574

    Opening Of Observatory

    A few months after opening, on the first day of Ramadan, a comet appeared in the night sky.
  • Oct 22, 1576

    Optics

    Optics
    Taqī al-Dīn, being an astronomer, was very familiar with optics and the behavior of light.

  • Died

    Died In Istanbul