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@skidwayy is here now to talk about ‘Complexities Around Translating Scientific Knowledge in 19th Century British India’ #ScienceInUrdu #BSHSGlobalHist
@skidwayy 1/12 While Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1817-1898), founder of @AligarhMuslimUn, is a well-known figure in South Asia, his contributions to science education and popularization are relatively unexamined. Today, I am going to introduce us to some examples #histSTM #BSHSGlobalHist The cover for ‘The Cambridge Companion to Sayyid Ahmad Khan’ (2018).
@skidwayy @AligarhMuslimUn 2/12 In 1844 he published an Urdu translation of a Persian text titled ‘Tashil fi Jar-e Saqil.’ In it, he covered 5 machines/contraptions that could lift heavy loads, compress material & break hard matter #BSHSGlobalHist
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