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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... knowledge in astronomy have obtained for them the high reputation they enjoy in the learned world . The late Monsieur Bailly , in his Traité de l'Astronomie Indienne et Orientale , men- VOL . II . B tions four sets of tables , brought ...
... knowledge in astronomy have obtained for them the high reputation they enjoy in the learned world . The late Monsieur Bailly , in his Traité de l'Astronomie Indienne et Orientale , men- VOL . II . B tions four sets of tables , brought ...
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... knowledge of certain things in astronomy earlier than the Europeans , that they knew and prac- tised what the Alexandrian and Arabian schools were ignorant of , * it may be asked * Bailly , Professor Playfair , & c . & c . from what ...
... knowledge of certain things in astronomy earlier than the Europeans , that they knew and prac- tised what the Alexandrian and Arabian schools were ignorant of , * it may be asked * Bailly , Professor Playfair , & c . & c . from what ...
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Quintin Craufurd. from what source did they derive their knowledge of them . We can assign no other but that of their own discoveries and observations . It has been said that the Indian and Arabian divisions of the zodiac were the same ...
Quintin Craufurd. from what source did they derive their knowledge of them . We can assign no other but that of their own discoveries and observations . It has been said that the Indian and Arabian divisions of the zodiac were the same ...
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... knowledge in science and learn- ing , instead of being improved , has greatly declined from what it appears to have been in the remote ages of their history . And besides , for what purpose should they take such pains ? —It may possibly ...
... knowledge in science and learn- ing , instead of being improved , has greatly declined from what it appears to have been in the remote ages of their history . And besides , for what purpose should they take such pains ? —It may possibly ...
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... knowledge , gave him some examples of eclipses to calculate , and amongst others , one of a total eclipse of the moon , of the 23d of December , 1768 . Seating himself on the floor , he began his work with a parcel of small shells ...
... knowledge , gave him some examples of eclipses to calculate , and amongst others , one of a total eclipse of the moon , of the 23d of December , 1768 . Seating himself on the floor , he began his work with a parcel of small shells ...
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