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Notwithstanding the contribution the Muslim alchemists made, the invention of chemistry should really be attributed to the Ancient Egyptians as evidenced by the Leyden Papyrus (reference: Prof. Hamed Abdel-reheem Ead, Professor of Chemistry at Faculty of Science-University of Cairo Giza-Egypt and director of Science Heritage Center.)<ref>See, "[http://www.levity.com/alchemy/islam03.html Technical Arts Related To Alchemy in Old Egypt]" edited by Prof. Hamed Abdel-reheem Ead.</ref>

{{Quote||'''Co je učeno:''' Leonardo da Vinci (16th century) fathered the science of geology when he noted that fossils found on mountains indicated a watery origin of the earth.<BR><BR>'''Co by se mělo učit:''' Al-Biruni (1lth century) made precisely this observation and added much to it, including a huge book on geology, hundreds of years before Da Vinci was born. Ibn Sina noted this as well (see pages 100-101). It is probable that Da Vinci first learned of this concept from Latin translations of Islamic books. He added nothing original to their findings.<ref name="Dr K. Ajram"></ref>}}