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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... Manners and Customs of the Hindus . Page 1 84 111 • CHAPTER XI . . 160 On the Languages of India CHAPTER XII . Some account of Ancient Authors who have described India . • CHAPTER XIII . On the Ancient Commerce and Communi- cations with ...
... Manners and Customs of the Hindus . Page 1 84 111 • CHAPTER XI . . 160 On the Languages of India CHAPTER XII . Some account of Ancient Authors who have described India . • CHAPTER XIII . On the Ancient Commerce and Communi- cations with ...
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... manner , they may have either received or given the hint of an armillary sphere as an instrument for astronomical observation ; but certainly they have not copied the instrument which was described by Ptolemy ; for the construction ...
... manner , they may have either received or given the hint of an armillary sphere as an instrument for astronomical observation ; but certainly they have not copied the instrument which was described by Ptolemy ; for the construction ...
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... manner in which the calculation had been performed . Yet the education of Nana Moodoo , by his own account , must have been very confined ; and M. le Gentil remarks , thy he seemed entirely unacquainted with the meaning of many terms ...
... manner in which the calculation had been performed . Yet the education of Nana Moodoo , by his own account , must have been very confined ; and M. le Gentil remarks , thy he seemed entirely unacquainted with the meaning of many terms ...
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... turned over * See Ward , on the Religion , Manners , & c . of the Hindūs , vol . iv . p . 924. - The Author's Sketches of the Hindus , vol . ii . pp . 12 , 13 . " The moon's mean place , for the be- ginning 26 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
... turned over * See Ward , on the Religion , Manners , & c . of the Hindūs , vol . iv . p . 924. - The Author's Sketches of the Hindus , vol . ii . pp . 12 , 13 . " The moon's mean place , for the be- ginning 26 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
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... manner , I find that the annual and apparent mean motion of Ju- piter at that epoch , was 30 ° 20 ′ 42 ′′ , precisely as in the Indian astronomy . " 6 6 " Thus have we enumerated no less than nine astronomical elements , * to which the ...
... manner , I find that the annual and apparent mean motion of Ju- piter at that epoch , was 30 ° 20 ′ 42 ′′ , precisely as in the Indian astronomy . " 6 6 " Thus have we enumerated no less than nine astronomical elements , * to which the ...
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