American historian of mathematics (1945–1997)

The Latin sources of "Quadrans vetus", and what they imply for it's authorship and date / Wilbur R. Knorr.

Ancient sources of the medieval tradition of mechanics : Greek, Arabic, and Latin studies of the balance / Wilbur Richard Knorr.

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Wilbur Knorr

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The Latin sources of "Quadrans vetus", and what they imply for it's authorship and date / Wilbur R. Knorr.

Ancient sources of the medieval tradition of mechanics : Greek, Arabic, and Latin studies of the balance / Wilbur Richard Knorr.