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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Page 28
... produced . " To confirm this conclusion , Mr. Bailly computes the place of the moon for the same epoch , by all the tables to which the Indian astronomers can be supposed to have ever had access . He begins with the tables of Ptolemy ...
... produced . " To confirm this conclusion , Mr. Bailly computes the place of the moon for the same epoch , by all the tables to which the Indian astronomers can be supposed to have ever had access . He begins with the tables of Ptolemy ...
Page 57
... produced till it meet the circumference ; the straight lines , which contain the given angle , shall both of them together have a given ratio to the straight line which bisects the angle . This is not precisely the same with the theorem ...
... produced till it meet the circumference ; the straight lines , which contain the given angle , shall both of them together have a given ratio to the straight line which bisects the angle . This is not precisely the same with the theorem ...
Page 83
... produce , ought to keep our curiosity alive to the remains of science in the East . Their extent and accuracy are so considerable , their origin and genealogy so completely unknown , they are united with so much extravagance and ...
... produce , ought to keep our curiosity alive to the remains of science in the East . Their extent and accuracy are so considerable , their origin and genealogy so completely unknown , they are united with so much extravagance and ...
Page 89
... produced a book in Sanscrit , containing a great many ancient alphabets formerly in use in different parts of India . This was really a fortunate discovery , which hereafter may be of great service to us . ' " There is an apparent stamp ...
... produced a book in Sanscrit , containing a great many ancient alphabets formerly in use in different parts of India . This was really a fortunate discovery , which hereafter may be of great service to us . ' " There is an apparent stamp ...
Page 115
... produce in persons of an elevated mind , when exposed to the insolence of one of inferior extraction , to whom fortune has been more propitious . Rangarow enjoyed the honour of an illustrious ancestry . He claimed his descent from the ...
... produce in persons of an elevated mind , when exposed to the insolence of one of inferior extraction , to whom fortune has been more propitious . Rangarow enjoyed the honour of an illustrious ancestry . He claimed his descent from the ...
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