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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... 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 to Europe at On the Astronomy and other Sciences.
... 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 to Europe at On the Astronomy and other Sciences.
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... brought from the coast of Coromandel , by M. le Gentil , and which he had procured from Brahmins at Tirvalore . + - These four sets of tables and precepts of astronomy , procured , as has been observed , at different times , and ...
... brought from the coast of Coromandel , by M. le Gentil , and which he had procured from Brahmins at Tirvalore . + - These four sets of tables and precepts of astronomy , procured , as has been observed , at different times , and ...
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... brought * Yet the first meridian of the ancient Hindu astro- nomers , it is said , was that of Oujein , then called Ujjaini , and sometimes Avanti , in N. L. 23 ° 11 ′ 13 ′′ , and E. Long . from Greenwich , 75 ° 51 ' .- The present city ...
... brought * Yet the first meridian of the ancient Hindu astro- nomers , it is said , was that of Oujein , then called Ujjaini , and sometimes Avanti , in N. L. 23 ° 11 ′ 13 ′′ , and E. Long . from Greenwich , 75 ° 51 ' .- The present city ...
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... brought home by M. de la Loubiere , in 1687 , it appears that the In- dians knew some particulars in the science of astronomy , which were at that time un- known in Europe . Certain motions of the moon contained in them , and which ...
... brought home by M. de la Loubiere , in 1687 , it appears that the In- dians knew some particulars in the science of astronomy , which were at that time un- known in Europe . Certain motions of the moon contained in them , and which ...
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... brought to Siam , during the time that elapsed between the discovery in Europe and the date when M. de la Loubiere pro- cured those tables . Whoever may be ac- quainted with the state and nature of the communications at that time ...
... brought to Siam , during the time that elapsed between the discovery in Europe and the date when M. de la Loubiere pro- cured those tables . Whoever may be ac- quainted with the state and nature of the communications at that time ...
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