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    A zairja (Arabic: زايرجة; also transcribed as zairjah, zairajah, zairdja, zairadja, and zayirga) was a device used by medieval Arab astrologers to generate...
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  • combining concepts mechanically based on an Arabic astrological tool, the Zairja. Llull described his machines as mechanical entities that could combine...
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    information needed to play the game. E6B Ramon Llull Pop-up book Slide chart Zairja Nick Kanas. "VOLVELLES! Early Paper Astronomical Computers". Mercury (March–April...
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    pointed out that the Art's combinatorial mechanics bear a resemblance to zairja, a device used by medieval Arab astrologers. The Art's reliance on divine...
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    philosophical and religious reasoning with a mechanical device known as a zairja. Eighteen core questions of morality were considered, accompanied by both...
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