What others said about Arabic Read in the original
In his book, on where European celestial navigation began:
“…the specialty of celestial navigation as developed by Western Europeans. This variety of celestial navigation has its roots in the same measurements used to construct the Toledo Tables.”
John Edward Huth
b. 1958
American physicist at Harvard University, author of a book on traditional navigation and wayfinding.
In Arabic
…الملاحةُ السماويّة كما طوّرها الأوروبيّون الغربيّون. ولهذا الضرب من الملاحة السماويّة جذورٌ في القياسات نفسِها التي وُضعت بها جداولُ طُلَيطِلة.
Source
The Lost Art of Finding Our Way, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013
He wrote in English. The printed Arabic drops the word same; the Arabic here is ours. The Toledo Tables were compiled by al-Zarqali and his colleagues in the eleventh century.
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