Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817 - 378 pages |
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... appears , Jupiter and Mer- cury were then in the same degree of the ecliptic ; that Mars was distant about eight ... appear- ed , yet as they only speak in general terms , it was natural enough to say , there was then a conjunction of ...
... appears , Jupiter and Mer- cury were then in the same degree of the ecliptic ; that Mars was distant about eight ... appear- ed , yet as they only speak in general terms , it was natural enough to say , there was then a conjunction of ...
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... appears that the In- dians knew some particulars in the science of astronomy , which were at that time un- known in Europe . Certain motions of the moon contained in them , and which essen- tially serve to explain her movements , had ...
... appears that the In- dians knew some particulars in the science of astronomy , which were at that time un- known in Europe . Certain motions of the moon contained in them , and which essen- tially serve to explain her movements , had ...
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... appears to me too exact , in most instances , to be the effect of chance : in others , the differences are only such , as to authorize the remark , that the nation , which borrowed from the other , has not copied with servility . I ...
... appears to me too exact , in most instances , to be the effect of chance : in others , the differences are only such , as to authorize the remark , that the nation , which borrowed from the other , has not copied with servility . I ...
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... appears to have been in the remote ages of their history . And besides , for what purpose should they take such pains ? —It may possibly be answered , from the vanity of wishing to prove the su- perior antiquity of their learning to ...
... appears to have been in the remote ages of their history . And besides , for what purpose should they take such pains ? —It may possibly be answered , from the vanity of wishing to prove the su- perior antiquity of their learning to ...
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... appears , by computing from M. de la Grange's formula , that the equation of the sun's centre was actually 2o 8 ′ 16 ′′ ; so that if the Indian astronomy be as old as that period , its error with respect to its equa- tion is but 2 ...
... appears , by computing from M. de la Grange's formula , that the equation of the sun's centre was actually 2o 8 ′ 16 ′′ ; so that if the Indian astronomy be as old as that period , its error with respect to its equa- tion is but 2 ...
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