Abbas ibn Firnas

About Abbas ibn Firnas

[Wikidata] 9th century astronomer and physician... | [Wikipedia] Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbbās ibn Firnās ibn Wardās al-Tākurunnī, known as ʿAbbās ibn Firnās was an Andalusi polymath: an inventor, astronomer, physician, chemist, engineer, musician, and poet. He was reported to have experimented with unpowered flight.