Abbas Ibn Firnas
Abbas Ibn Abbas Qasim Ibn Firnas Firnas or Armen Firman or Biography He was born into a family Berber Muslim to Ronda in the capital Tokoronna , directed by Kurra of Banu Ifren during the reign of the Umayyads. Moreover, his ancestors participated in the conquest of the Iberian Peninsula . Biographers describe him as a philosopher brilliant, he received training classqiue So this time, which means he has done scientific studies and has been in contact with the remains of the ancient sciences which the Arabs of that time compiling. He has studied chemistry , the physics and astronomy. His skills in poetry and his expertise in astrology led him to be brought to the court of Abd al-Rahman II (822-852), where he taught poetry. But he continued to attend the court during the reign of the successor Muhammad I. (852-886), is for his many inventions, some of which are mentioned by historians. Ibn Firnas has designed a water clock, the Clepsydra called Al-Maqata Maqata modeled on that of Heron of Alexandria. It was also the first to develop the technique of rock crystal size in the Arab world (for this has been credited with the invention of the reading stone However, the Greeks already carved crystals from the ' Antiquity and the Emperor Nero had already an emerald cut to correct his myopia, so it was a rediscovery and application of ancient texts), which allowed most to stop importing the imported cut crystal via the Egypt. He designed an armillary sphere to visualize the movement of stars and a planetarium that he built his home. In 852 , Ibn Firnas decides to fly by launching from a tour of Cordoba with a huge coat to cushion her fall. It will fare with minimal injury . It was observed by a crowd that he had requested in advance. He realized his mistake later: he should have added a tail to his unit. He died seven years later, in 887. Leonardo da Vinci followed a similar approach and added a tail, but the system had not really thought enough bearing surface to operate properly and that it will take the first giant gliders nineteenth century like those brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright to show that this concept inherited from the Egyptians really work. In countries with Muslim states that the first man who tried to realize the myth of Icarus is Ibn Firnas Notes 
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