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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... exists between the arch which measures the increase of the day at any place , and the tangent of the latitude ; for that tangent is the quotient which arises from dividing the length of the shadow by the height of the gnomon . true ...
... exists between the arch which measures the increase of the day at any place , and the tangent of the latitude ; for that tangent is the quotient which arises from dividing the length of the shadow by the height of the gnomon . true ...
Page 66
... exist at the time M. Bailly wrote ; but M. Bailly only supposes that a conjunction of some of the planets from their position in the ecliptic , might have been then noticed at Benares ; and he observes that this apparent conjunction is ...
... exist at the time M. Bailly wrote ; but M. Bailly only supposes that a conjunction of some of the planets from their position in the ecliptic , might have been then noticed at Benares ; and he observes that this apparent conjunction is ...
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... exist , which testify the authenticity of the text . Some are stated to have been com- posed in early times : I shall not , however , rely on any but those to which I can with certainty refer . I have fragments of Uva- ta's gloss ; the ...
... exist , which testify the authenticity of the text . Some are stated to have been com- posed in early times : I shall not , however , rely on any but those to which I can with certainty refer . I have fragments of Uva- ta's gloss ; the ...
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... exists of the epochs when they were erected . Inscriptions still remaining on them , are no longer intelli- gible ; yet , from the solidity of their con- struction , and the durability of their mate- rials , they have hitherto resisted ...
... exists of the epochs when they were erected . Inscriptions still remaining on them , are no longer intelli- gible ; yet , from the solidity of their con- struction , and the durability of their mate- rials , they have hitherto resisted ...
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... exist , to prove that the sea must once have covered all the country named Carnatic Payen - ghaut , as far as the range of mountains that separate it from the provinces named Carnatic Balan- ghaut , or the low and high Carnatic : and ...
... exist , to prove that the sea must once have covered all the country named Carnatic Payen - ghaut , as far as the range of mountains that separate it from the provinces named Carnatic Balan- ghaut , or the low and high Carnatic : and ...
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