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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... period , might have disco- vered , that the conjunction of planets and eclipse of the moon mentioned by them , could have been then observed at Benares : but to be able to do so , implies a more ac- curate practice in astronomy than the ...
... period , might have disco- vered , that the conjunction of planets and eclipse of the moon mentioned by them , could have been then observed at Benares : but to be able to do so , implies a more ac- curate practice in astronomy than the ...
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... period . Their religion commands that the four sides of their temples should correspond with the four cardinal points of the heavens ; and they are all so con- structed . The rules by which the phænomena of eclipses are deduced from the ...
... period . Their religion commands that the four sides of their temples should correspond with the four cardinal points of the heavens ; and they are all so con- structed . The rules by which the phænomena of eclipses are deduced from the ...
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... period of sixty years , each of which has its particular name ; another of 3,600 years , and one of 24,000 . From the annual motion given by them of fifty- four seconds of longitude in the year , fifty- four minutes of longitude make ...
... period of sixty years , each of which has its particular name ; another of 3,600 years , and one of 24,000 . From the annual motion given by them of fifty- four seconds of longitude in the year , fifty- four minutes of longitude make ...
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... period , or annus magnus , of 24,000 years , which is often mentioned by them . The point at which the sun is on the 20th or 21st of March , is called , as with us , the vernal equinox ; that at which he arrives on the 20th or 21st of ...
... period , or annus magnus , of 24,000 years , which is often mentioned by them . The point at which the sun is on the 20th or 21st of March , is called , as with us , the vernal equinox ; that at which he arrives on the 20th or 21st of ...
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Quintin Craufurd. thirds of a degree , which , for so remote a period , and considering the acceleration of the ... period than that of 3000 years , in an astronomical computation , it affords a proof altogether demonstrative , that ...
Quintin Craufurd. thirds of a degree , which , for so remote a period , and considering the acceleration of the ... period than that of 3000 years , in an astronomical computation , it affords a proof altogether demonstrative , that ...
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